WASHINGTON – Cincinnati Reds catcher Chuckie Robinson was promoted to the big leagues last week, and he already belongs to a small MLB fraternity.
Robinson is one of the very few Major League players who doesn’t wear batting gloves.
Fox Sports counted 11 players last May who didn’t regularly wear batting gloves, and one of them was a pitcher. About half of the remaining 10 players are longtime veterans like Matt Carpenter (New York Yankees), Stephen Vogt (Oakland A’s and Wil Myers (San Diego Padres).
“I think when I was younger, I put them on here and there,” said Robinson, who hit a single in his MLB debut on Aug.