The Detroit Tigers placed outfielder Austin Meadows on the IL before their game on Saturday as he is pausing his career to take care of his mental health
placed outfielder Austin Meadows on the 10-day injured list as he deals with anxiety.Scott Harris, the Tigers' president of baseball operations, released a statement before Saturday's game.
"The Tigers fully support Austin's decision to step away from the team and prioritize his mental health,"."As an organization, we have taken many steps to provide and destigmatize mental health resources, and we will do more to help our players tackle the mental and physical challenges they face on a daily basis. We commend Austin for confronting these challenges head-on and ask our fans to join us in supporting him through every step of his journey back to the field.
Meadows played in just 36 games last year dealing with his anxiety, vertigo, an Achilles injury, and COVID-19.
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