It's frightful every time. And it happens a few times a year. A pitcher is struck in the head by a line drive. Last Friday it happened to Robbie Ray of the Arizona Diamondbacks after a ball left the ...
As safety concerns have increased about pitchers being defenseless against line drives back to the mound, MLB has gone to work to make protective caps available. According to ESPN, White Sox pitcher ...
Masahiro Tanaka told ESPN on Thursday that when he threw 20 pitches two days earlier during batting practice, he wore a hard-shell protective cap insert for the first time and plans to wear it in ...