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For over 120 years, the New York Yankees have been traditionalists as they remain the only team in Major League Baseball without an official alternate jersey. However, that can all change.
According to The Athletic, Yankees players have approached higher-level teams about the idea of wearing a new jersey.
The players, the outlet noted, will wear the jersey on the road, leaving the home pinstripes unchanged.
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Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees pitches 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 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. The home pinstripes have become more common in home spring training contests in recent years compared to the same blue top with the interlocking NY.
That look is usually worn with player “shirseys” and is also a replica sold online.
The Yankees have previously worn various jerseys, including Players’ Weekend from 2017 to 2019, a nod to the 1912 team while playing in Boston on the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park’s opening, and jerseys commemorating the 1996 Black Yankees, who also wore The Yankees1 from their 1996 uniforms for the first Field of Dreams game in 2021. None of these jerseys, however, were ever officially put into the 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 are also the only team to have no last names on the back of their jerseys, home or away. They are also only one of two teams, including Athletics, without a City Connect shirt. The Athletics, currently in Sacramento after their lease in Oakland expired after the 2024 season, are set to begin play in Las Vegas in 2028.
Owner Hal Steinbrenner, who The Athletic noted likely has the final call, has been prone to change in recent years. The Yankees added a promotional patch to their jerseys in 2023, and starting last year, “groomed” facial hair below 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, March 24, 2026. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
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For the foreseeable future, however, the Yankees will wear their road gray. Those tops will be back at Fenway Park on Wednesday during the second game of a nine-game road trip for the 14-9 Yankees.
