Baseball Glove Repair 101: When to Get Your Glove Relaced
One of the biggest mistakes we see is players replacing a perfectly good glove because a few laces broke. If the leather is still in good condition, a professional relace can often bring that glove back to life for a fraction of the cost of a new one.
At Jonquil Sporting Goods, our Official Glove Care Center relaces every brand of baseball and softball glove. Whether it's your child's first glove or one you've trusted for years, we'll give you an honest assessment and let you know if it's worth repairing. If it is, we'll explain exactly what it needs and provide a price before any work begins.
How to Tell If Your Glove Needs Repair
Not every glove needs to be replaced. In many cases, the leather still has plenty of life left, but the laces have simply reached the end of theirs.
Here are a few signs it's time to have your glove looked at:
- Frayed, broken, or missing laces
- A broken or loose web
- Fingers that have lost their shape
- A pocket that has become loose or flattened
- Loose heel lacing
- A glove that just doesn't feel like it used to
If the leather is still in good condition, there's a good chance your glove has plenty of baseball left in it.
What Happens When You Bring Your Glove to Jonquil?
Bring your glove to Jonquil Sporting Goods, and we'll inspect it with you. In most cases, we can tell you within a few minutes whether your glove is worth repairing, what it needs, and approximately what it will cost. We'll explain what needs attention—and just as importantly, what doesn't.
Sometimes that's replacing a few broken laces. Other times it's a complete relace. If your glove would benefit from cleaning, conditioning, reconditioning, pocket reshaping, or other repairs while it's apart, we'll explain those options as well.
Our goal isn't to sell repairs. It's to help you get as much life as possible out of a glove you already love.
Relace or Replace?
This is probably the question we answer more than any other.
If the leather is still healthy, baseball glove relacing is usually the better investment. You'll keep a glove that's already broken in exactly the way you like it while spending far less than replacing it with a comparable model.
On the other hand, if the leather is badly cracked, the palm has worn through, the padding has completely broken down, or the glove has simply become too small for a growing player, we'll tell you. We'll always give you an honest assessment of whether the glove is worth repairing.
How Much Does Glove Repair Cost?
Most repairs fall between $10 and $75, depending on how much work your glove needs. Cleaning, conditioning, reconditioning, web replacement, pocket reshaping, or other repairs may increase the cost, but we'll always discuss the work and provide a price before we begin.
Why Players Trust Jonquil
Players throughout Metro Atlanta have trusted Jonquil Sporting Goods with their glove repairs for years because we believe in doing the job right.
- Official Glove Care Center
- Relacing every brand of baseball and softball glove
- Multiple lace color options
- Honest recommendations
- Competitive pricing
- Experienced craftsmanship from people who work with baseball gloves every day
Whether your glove has been with you for one season or twenty, we'll treat it like it's our own.
Looking for Glove Repair Near Me?
If you're searching for glove repair near me, baseball glove relacing, or glove repair in Atlanta, stop by Jonquil Sporting Goods in Smyrna.
Bring your glove in, and we'll give you a straightforward assessment. If it's worth repairing, we'll tell you. If it isn't, we'll tell you that too. Either way, you'll leave knowing you've gotten honest advice from people who've been helping ballplayers take care of their gloves for decades.