The Yankees Depend Upon Covermaster® Baseball Tarps to Protect Their Infields

Tampa, FL - The Bronx Bombers keep a second RAINCOVER ULTRA™ as an emergency backup.

George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa is the largest spring training ballpark in Florida. Home of the Tampa Tarpons, it served as a temporary home for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2025 when Tropicana Field was severely damaged by Hurricane Milton. It has been the Florida home of the New York Yankees since it opened in 1996. The Yankees have been a longtime customer of COVERMASTER® both in Florida and at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City.

COVERMASTER® continues to lead the way in lightweight field covers with its ongoing research and development into baseball field covers. Its RAINCOVER ULTRA™ is the industry’s strongest core raincover which features a reconfigured weave count in the core, 100% sun block, and pre-elongated core tapes for a more stable base. Coated with COVERMASTER® SHIELD-TEC™, a RAINCOVER ULTRA™ baseball tarp keeps the infield cooler and drier.

RAINCOVER ULTRA™ is so key to tarping their baseball infields that the Yankees groundskeeper ensures they have a second one on hand as an emergency backup should the current one get damaged. They recently ordered a 175 by 175-foot RAINCOVER ULTRA™ in white/silver which minimizes heat buildup during hot Florida days. Should it rain, this premium baseball field tarp will keep hundreds of pounds of water from reaching the infield and be easily removed when it’s time to play ball.

Posted March 10, 2025