The New York Yankees are making a change to their road grey uniforms in 2024, returning them to a look last seen in the 1970s.
We learned on Monday that the New York Mets are making a uniform-related change in 2024. Well, it turns out that the New York Yankees are making a similar change.
On the road gray uniforms, the Yankees are taking out their white outline around the numbers and lettering. This means that the Yankees road grays will look like they last looked in the 1970s.
Paul Lukas of Uni Watch has more on this, complete with pictures of how the uniforms will look now:
Per Lukas:
As you’re no doubt aware, the Yanks’ road jerseys have long featured white outlining on the chest lettering and back number, along with decorative trim on the sleeve cuffs. The white outlining and sleeve trim were both added in 1973, when the team transitioned from flannels to stretch knits. But according to a page from the 2024 MLB Style Guide, which was provided to me by a source, the white outlining and sleeve trim are both being eliminated this season:
If this is really happening, it would make a plain design even plainer. But the Yanks could probably sell it as a legacy move, since it matches what the team wore for many decades in the flannel era:
While the Mets changes are being criticized, including by Lukas himself, this one actually seems to be a solid change. As a ‘legacy play” it gives the Yankees the element of a throwback uniform, and we all know that throwback uniforms never go out of style.
The first time we’ll get a chance to see the new uniforms in the regular season is on March 28th when the Yankees travel to Houston to take on the rival Astros.
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