Yankees Rumors: Is Esmil Rogers Violating MLB Rules?

When you’re a pitcher facing a big bad hitter looking to hit the ball a million feet as hard as they can, you don’t exactly have all the time in the world to protect yourself. We’ve seen a lot of scary line drives over the years hit pitchers in the head. Alex Torres has worn a protective cap, and it turns out some players are wearing unapproved kevlar in their caps.

One of them, according to a ESPN report is Yankees right-hander Esmil Rogers and former Yankee pitcher Hector Noesi.

Vito said his Pennsylvania-based company’s padding will “keep pitchers safe from line drives, but I’m not making any claims about speeds.” Unequal did its own testing, had independent testing done and plans to seek…