The Tigers positioned outfielder Austin Meadows on the 10-day injured checklist (retroactive to April 7) as a result of anxiousness. Akil Baddoo was referred to as up from Triple-A within the corresponding transfer.
President of baseball operations Scott Harris launched an announcement regarding the transaction, saying that “the Tigers absolutely assist Austin’s resolution to step away from the crew and prioritize his psychological well being. As a company, we have now taken many steps to offer and destigmatize psychological well being assets, and we’ll do extra to assist our gamers deal with the psychological and bodily challenges they face every day. We commend Austin for confronting these challenges head-on and ask for our followers in supporting him via each step of his journey again to the sector.”
Meadows dealt with similar issues on the finish of final season, saying in September that “I hope in sharing my expertise I can contact no less than one one who may be going via their very own struggles and encourage them to achieve out to somebody for assist.” Simply previous to the beginning of Spring Coaching, Meadows gave a positive update about each his psychological and bodily well being, but that battle is clearly nonetheless ongoing. As Harris’ assertion indicated, the Tigers will certainly give Meadows on a regular basis he must get himself to a greater place together with his anxiousness. We at MLB Commerce Rumors want Meadows all the very best in his restoration.
The Rays traded Meadows to Detroit for Isaac Paredes simply previous to the beginning of the 2022 season, and Meadows appeared in solely 36 video games in his first yr with the Tigers. Past his psychological well being struggles, Meadows additionally spent on the injured checklist with strains in each of his Achilles tendons, vertigo-like signs, and a bout of COVID-19. The end result was a .250/.347/.328 slash line over 147 plate appearances, however amongst all Detroit gamers with no less than 140 PA, Meadows’ 101 wRC+ nonetheless ranked second on the crew in an general disastrous offensive yr for Tigers hitters.
