Major League Baseball has approved a protective cap for pitchers, hoping to reduce the damage from line drives to the head that have brought some terrifying and bloody scenes in the last few years.

The NFL began allowing players to wear Guardian Caps in regular-season games last year. Here's what to know about the ...

PITTSBURGH, March 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a protective covering for the head which could reduce the incidence of head injuries caused by a direct blow," said an inventor, from ...

However, the portion of the head below the cap line, where MLB.com says many of the more seriously injured pitchers were struck, remains unprotected.

It was about head protection. Following the Brandon McCarthy line-drive-to-the-head scare in Tampa Bay about 18 months ago, Major League Baseball approved the use of an isoBLOX Protective Cap this ...

This season, Torres will wear a separate protective ring that gets placed around the base of his cap and cushions the head from ear to ear. The extra piece, designed by Isoblox, is lighter than ...

More disconcerting to Cobb is that a protective cap for pitchers - initially approved in January - has not yet been made available for testing. Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon McCarthy - who ...

But the cap, Kuroda and other pitchers in the Yankees' clubhouse said, isn't yet something they're interested in trying. The reasons are both aesthetic and practical.

This year sees two key safety developments: the new bump cap standard ANSI/ISEA 100-2024 and the ANSI/ISEA Z89.1 revision.