MLB announces changes to uniforms for All-Star Game, regular season |
Major League Baseball will make two changes related to its uniforms over the course of the next two seasons, the league announced on Monday. The first change will have players return to wearing their primary home and road uniforms at the All-Star Game starting next season. MLB has decided that players will once again represent their “hometown” teams for the game itself, as was the case from the 1930s through 2019.
Players selected for next season’s All-Star Game will wear a special All-Star uniform during Gatorade Workout Day and the T-Mobile Home Run Derby the day before the All-Star Game, though players actually competing in the Derby will wear their primary home uniforms. MLB is working with New Era on the game cap for the All-Star Game. Additionally, changes are in the works for overall home and road team uniforms beginning next season and will include pant customization, increasing the sizing of the lettering and returning to previously used materials that the players requested. The decision to move forward with these modifications was finalized over the last few days, following collaboration between MLB, Nike, Fanatics and the Major League Baseball Players Association. The changes will begin in 2025 and will be fully implemented by the start of the 2026 season. MLB’s new Nike Vapor Premier jersey design was introduced in 2024 to improve mobility and fit. MLB, Nike and Fanatics partnered with the Major League Baseball Players’ Association to conduct a leaguewide survey to determine how best to move forward following criticism from some corners about the more lightweight look and smaller letters. After receiving feedback, all parties set about addressing the players’ requests for enlarged letters for player names, embroidered sleeve patches and reverting back to full pant customization. Although production timelines will prevent all the uniform changes from being completed in time for the 2025 season, the road grey uniforms made from the 2023 fabric will be ready by Spring Training, and starting in 2026, all uniforms will return to using the previous materials from the 2023 season.
