The Los Angeles Dodgers bullpen has picked up a new look, and it showed up again Tuesday before the game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Edwin Diaz was snapped wearing a brimless baseball hat while getting stretched, the latest sign that the style is spreading inside the club’s relief group.
The hat seems to have started with Tanner Scott, who reportedly sliced the bill off his cap first. Diaz saw Scott wearing it and decided to make it a thing, turning a private bit of clubhouse mischief into a visible trend. Jake Mintz captured Diaz in the look, and Miguel Rojas had already worn a brimless hat a day earlier, after pitching at the end of Monday’s series opener against Toronto.
Rojas did not exactly hide the joke. Asked about the hat, he replied, “You know why?” and then answered his own question: “Because I’m a bullpen guy!” Alex Vesia was asked whether he would join in and shut it down with a simple, “Absolutely not.”
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The fashion choice lands because of who is wearing it. Diaz and Scott are the Dodgers’ one-two punch early in 2026, the two arms the club brought in to fix a bullpen that had been a problem. Diaz has stepped into the closer role, while Scott took a back seat after a rough first season with the Dodgers in that job. What once looked like a weakness is now being described as a legitimate strength.
That does not mean the Dodgers are done sorting it out. Brock Stewart and Evan Phillips are still on the injured list, Brusdar Graterol should have a notable role when he returns, and there is still a massive clump of promising arms in the minors pressing for a spot. The brimless hats may be a joke, but they are also a small sign of a bullpen that looks far more comfortable in its own skin than it did a year ago.
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For now, the trend belongs to Scott and Diaz — and anyone else willing to take the scissors to a cap and call it clubhouse culture.
