Padres’ Alex Torress Wears Giant Padded Hat

The San Diego Padres’ relief pitcher Alex Torress isn’t taking a chance with a possible head injury and is now wearing a bulky hat that helps with impact absorption.  Torress became the first MLB pitcher to wear the isoBlox cap this season, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw more pitchers wear this cap  considering all the head injuries to pitchers being struck by line drives.

Alex Torres said a close call in spring training scared him a bit. Ordered the protective cap about a month ago. Arrived a week ago.

— Dennis Lin (@dennistlin) June 22, 2014

Torres: "It doesn't feel bad. The difference between the regular hat and this hat is not really that big."

— Dennis Lin (@dennistlin) June 22, 2014