Nope, pods are classed as "disposables" so they can be dropped and left behind and can be shot etc.isnt the official rule that if anything you take onto the field gets hit then your out?
i.e. if you drop a pot then it gets shot it counts just like if you had got shot.
might have changed iv been out the loop for a while now.
but if its still true then why would you use a pot to block a gap when it could get shot then your out.
Hoppers, shoes, gloves, guns, packs etc cannot be classed as such