{"id":602230,"date":"2026-04-23T20:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/602230\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:16:10","slug":"yankees-decision-on-alternate-jerseys-not-imminent-club-to-weigh-many-factors-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/602230\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees\u2019 decision on alternate jerseys not \u2018imminent,\u2019 club to weigh many factors: Source"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON \u2014 A decision on the New York Yankees players\u2019 pitch to wear alternate road jerseys for the first time<\/a> in franchise history isn\u2019t \u201cimminent,\u201d a league source with knowledge of the conversations told The Athletic.<\/p>\n

Hal Steinbrenner will ultimately make the call on whether to introduce a third jersey, in addition to the team\u2019s historic home pinstripes and road grays. But the owner and those around him will weigh many factors \u2014 not simply the appeasement of players, the source said.<\/p>\n

According to the source, the factors Steinbrenner and those around him will likely weigh include the economic impact of adding a third jersey, how often they would use it and when, and the appetite of a fan base that seems split between holding on to Yankees tradition and bringing modernity to the club, which ditched its longstanding rule prohibiting facial hair<\/a> in 2024 and added an advertisement to its jersey for the first time<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n

The club also likely would want to create a marketing campaign leading up to the release of any new alternate jersey.<\/p>\n

The Yankees have never worn an official alternate jersey in a game. Every other MLB team has an alternate.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, The Athletic broke the news that players had recently pushed to occasionally wear in games their navy road batting practice jerseys \u2014 complete with silver letters and numbers with white trim, and a Starr Insurance logo on the sleeve. MLB had already approved the jerseys for game use. So, the Yankees could use them at any time. They are in the midst of a three-city, nine-game road trip that also includes stops in Houston and Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n

Before a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox<\/a> on Wednesday at Fenway Park, designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton said players have talked for years<\/a> about potentially wearing an alternate jersey. The Yankees are one of just two MLB teams that don\u2019t have a City Connect jersey. The Athletics, which don\u2019t have an official home city, are the other.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would be a fan,\u201d Stanton said.<\/p>\n

Right fielder Aaron Judge mostly sidestepped the topic, but noted how the Yankees are being paid a reported $25 million a year by Starr Insurance to wear its logo on their jersey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m all about tradition,\u201d he said, \u201cbut we\u2019ve got a patch on our sleeves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manager Aaron Boone said the idea had come up \u201cloosely\u201d over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s 2026,\u201d he said. \u201cA lot of teams have a lot of different uniforms.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Yankees have made other changes to their jerseys in recent years. They removed white trimming from their road jerseys in 2024. Before the 2020 season, MLB struck a $1 billion deal with Nike and Fanatics, and Nike\u2019s swoosh logo was added to the front of uniforms, including the Yankees\u2019. They also have participated in MLB Players\u2019 Weekend, wearing black jerseys with player-chosen nicknames on the back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOSTON \u2014 A decision on the New York Yankees players\u2019 pitch to wear alternate road jerseys for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,369,99,1794],"class_list":["post-602230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-sports","tag-sports-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}