Infield Tarps & Mound Covers

Baseball Field Covers & Tarps: What We Carry

When you search for baseball field covers or baseball field tarps, you'll find everything from massive roll-out infield tarps that take a grounds crew to deploy down to small, single-spot rain covers designed for one person to handle in a couple of minutes. JoySportStore currently stocks the second type: the Jaypro Baseball Rain Cover with Ground Stakes, a round cover made from 18 oz. UV-treated vinyl. It's priced at $10, which puts it firmly in the "spot protection" category rather than the full-infield tarp category — an important distinction to understand before you buy, especially if you came here searching for something to cover an entire diamond.

Full Infield Tarps vs. Round Mound/Plate Covers

Full infield tarps are typically large rectangular sheets, often requiring multiple people or a tarp roller to pull across the entire skinned area between the bases. They're built to keep an entire infield playable after rain. A round rain cover like the Jaypro model serves a different, more focused purpose: it protects a single high-wear circular area — most commonly the pitcher's mound, but also usable on home plate or a batter's box — from puddling and turf damage when a game or practice is rained out mid-session or overnight. If your search brought you here looking for "pitching mound tarps" or a quick way to protect just the mound between games, this round cover is built exactly for that job. If you need to blanket an entire infield surface, know that our current catalog is limited to this single-spot option.

Pitching Mound Tarps for Rain Protection

The pitcher's mound is one of the most maintenance-sensitive parts of any baseball or softball field. Clay and dirt mounds hold moisture and rut easily, and a soaked, unprotected mound can turn unsafe or unusable within a single storm. A round mound cover like the Jaypro Rain Cover is designed to be thrown over the mound and secured at the edges with the included ground stakes, keeping wind from lifting it and keeping rain off the clay underneath. For programs that can't justify the cost or storage space of a full tarp system, a dedicated mound cover is often the more practical first purchase — it protects the highest-traffic, highest-maintenance spot on the field for a fraction of the price.

Softball Infield Tarps and Small-Field Applications

Softball programs searching for infield tarps or softball-specific mound covers face the same math as baseball programs: full-field tarps are a bigger investment, while a round rain cover is a low-cost way to protect the mound or plate area on a practice field, a youth complex, or a home diamond. Because the Jaypro cover is round rather than rectangular, it's built to match the circular footprint of a mound or plate circle rather than a rectangular infield skin, so it's best matched to that specific use rather than treated as a substitute for a full infield tarp.

18 oz. UV-Treated Vinyl: What the Material Means for You

The Jaypro Rain Cover is made from 18 oz. vinyl with UV treatment, a heavier-gauge material than disposable poly sheeting. The UV treatment is meant to help the material hold up to repeated sun exposure between rain events, since a mound or plate cover often sits folded near the field or gets left in place through a full practice season rather than being used once and discarded. Vinyl of this weight is also more resistant to tearing and stretching than lightweight tarps, which matters when a cover is staked down and subject to wind.

Ground Stakes and Installation

This cover ships with ground stakes, so you don't need to source separate hardware to anchor it. Installation is simple: lay the round cover over the mound, plate circle, or other target area, and drive the stakes through the reinforced edge points into the ground to hold it in place against wind and rain runoff. Because it's a one-person, no-tools-beyond-the-stakes setup, it suits fields where you don't have a grounds crew on hand — youth complexes, school fields, and home practice mounds included.

Who This Fits

This collection is built for buyers who need targeted, affordable rain protection rather than a full field-tarp system: youth and rec league volunteers covering a mound between games, school programs protecting a plate area overnight, and homeowners with a practice mound in the backyard. At $10, the Jaypro Rain Cover is an easy add for a team equipment bag or a garage shelf, and it's a reasonable starting point if you're building out field-care gear one piece at a time. If your program eventually needs a full infield tarp for a game-day rainout, that's a larger, separate purchase outside what's currently in this collection — but for mound and plate protection, this cover is ready to go out of the box.

Buying Tips Before You Order

• Match the shape to the job: round covers fit mounds and plate circles; full infield coverage requires a rectangular tarp, which is not currently stocked in this collection.
• Check the material weight: 18 oz. vinyl is a heavier-duty option than disposable plastic sheeting, better suited to repeated seasonal use.
• Plan for anchoring: ground stakes are included, so no separate hardware purchase is needed for basic staking into turf or clay.
• Budget accordingly: at $10, this is a spot-protection tool, not a full-infield system — factor that into your field-care plan.