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For over 120 years, the New York Yankees have been traditionalists, as they remain the only Major League Baseball team without an official alternate jersey. However, this could all change.
According to The Athletic, Yankees players proposed the idea of wearing a new jersey to team management.
The players, the outlet noted, want the jersey to be on the road, leaving their home pinstripes unchanged.
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Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees bats against the Chicago Cubs during a spring training game at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona on March 23, 2026. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
The Bronx Bombers wear navy blue tops during spring training that read “New York” during spring road games, which is likely what they would wear on the road if a change were to be made. Home stripes have become more common in home spring training contests in recent years, compared to the same blue top with the NY interlocking.
This look is normally used with players’ “shirseys”, and is also a replica sold online.
The Yankees have worn different jerseys in the past, including Players’ Weekend from 2017 to 2019, a nod to the 1912 team while playing in Boston on the 100th anniversary of the opening of Fenway Park, and jerseys commemorating the Black Yankees in 1996. The Yankees also wore replicas of their 1921 road uniforms for the first game on Field of Dreams in 2021. these jerseys were never officially put into rotation.
Ben Rice of the New York Yankees runs the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Chicago Cubs during a spring training game in Mesa, Arizona, March 24, 2026. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
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The Yankees also remain the only team to not have a last name on the back of their jersey, home or away. They are also just one of two teams, including the Athletics, without a City Connect jersey. The Athletics, currently in Sacramento after their lease in Oakland expired following the 2024 season, are expected to begin play in Las Vegas in 2028.
Owner Hal Steinbrenner, who The Athletic says will likely have the final decision, has been on a pattern of change in recent years. The Yankees added an advertising patch to their jerseys in 2023, and starting last year, “well-groomed” facial hair under the lip was reintroduced after a 50-year ban by Steinbrenner’s father, George.
Paul Goldschmidt, Ben Rice and Cody Bellinger of the New York Yankees wait for the start of a spring training game against the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, Arizona on March 24, 2026. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
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For the foreseeable future, however, the Yankees will wear their gray uniforms. Those highs will return to Fenway Park on Wednesday in the second game of a nine-game road trip for the 14-9 Yankees.
