NEW YORK -- Alex Torres was sitting in the Tampa Bay Rays bullpen on June 15, 2013, when Alex Cobb was hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of the Royals' Eric Hosmer and suffered a concussion.
That day, Torres resolved to protect himself from what is a common nightmare for big league pitchers.
Last season, he became one the first pitchers in the Majors to wear protective headgear when he did so as a member of the Padres, and now Torres will wear a new design that arrived in the Mets' clubhouse Saturday.