Overview
- Yankees players, as reported Wednesday by The Athletic, asked team leaders to allow the navy “New York” batting-practice top for select road games.
- The move would mark the first alternate jersey in franchise history, and MLB has not cleared that navy top for regular-season use even though versions already sit in road lockers.
- Hal Steinbrenner will make the call on any change, with recent shifts under his watch — a 2023 sponsor patch, a 2024 road trim tweak, and the 2025 end of the facial-hair ban — signaling more openness to player input.
- Aaron Judge said the team would keep pinstripes at home and was fine with wearing “the blues” on the road, and Giancarlo Stanton said many in the clubhouse would accept an alternate.
- New York is the only MLB club without an alternate uniform and one of two without a City Connect design, which underscores how rare even a limited addition would be for the brand.