Mental Health Care of the Baseball Player

The saying "Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical". is attributed to Yogi Berra. Indeed, holistic care of the baseball athlete would be incomplete without attention to mental health, but little is known about the impact of baseball participation on psychological health.1 In a scoping review investigating baseball participation and health, only 15 of 678 articles focused on psychological health.1 Sport is linked to positive and negative impacts on health.2 It is associated with disease prevention and positive physiologic effects but also overtraining and injury.2 Mentally, sport participation may positively impact anxiety, mood, and self-esteem but is also linked to burnout, sleep disturbance, eating concerns, and potential exposure to abuse.2 Injury and performance pressures can worsen mental health and vice versa. Due to the potential for mental health-related impacts, giving the mental health of baseball athletes