# City Connect

City Connect is a brand name for a line of alternate uniforms made by Nike, Inc. for Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. The uniforms feature different color schemes, typefaces, and graphic elements compared with the teams' typical home and away uniforms. The uniforms are designed to reflect the cultural aspects of each team's home city. According to the agreement, teams may rotate in a new jersey after three years to debut a new look.
Of the MLB's 30 teams, 28 have a City Connect uniform. The New York Yankees (who traditionally do not wear an alternate uniform) and the Athletics (who are not officially associated with any city during their planned relocation to Las Vegas) are the only two teams without a City Connect uniform.

## Teams

Nike and MLB introduced the first round of City Connect uniforms during the 2021 season for seven teams, (Red Sox, Marlins, White Sox, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Giants, Dodgers). A second round debuted during the 2022 season for another seven teams (Nationals, Astros, Royals, Rockies, Angels, Brewers, Padres), a third during the 2023 season for six teams (Braves, Rangers, Mariners, Reds, Orioles, Pirates), and a fourth during the 2024 season for nine teams (Phillies, Mets, Rays, Tigers, Guardians, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Twins, Dodgers).

### 2021

Seven teams started wearing City Connect jerseys during the 2021 MLB season.
* Arizona Diamondbacks (first design), sand-colored with black letters and red numbers, and with "Serpientes" in front as an homage to Arizona's Hispanic community. The uniform was retired after the 2024 season and will be replaced with a new City Connect uniform.
* Boston Red Sox (first design), with a yellow base and blue letters as an homage to the Boston Marathon, which normally takes place on Patriots' Day. Starting in 2025, the yellow City Connect uniforms were added as a regular alternate uniform and will introduce a second City Connect uniform (see below).
* Chicago Cubs, dark blue with sky blue accents, with elements inspired by the flag of Chicago. The uniform has "Wrigleyville" on the front, in a lettering style similar to the Wrigley Field marquee.
* Chicago White Sox (first design), in a dark grey shade with white pinstripes and featuring Gothic-styled lettering as an homage to the South Side of Chicago. The uniform was retired after the 2024 season and will be replaced with a new City Connect uniform (see below).
* Los Angeles Dodgers (first design), with a blue cap, jersey, and pants with “Los Dodgers” written on the cap and jersey. Jersey also includes black on the sleeves as a nod to street art culture in Los Angeles. Cap was revised in 2022, moving the "Los Dodgers" to the side, replacing it with the traditional "LA" logo, and adding black to the brim and button. In 2023, white pants with blue piping replaced the blue pants, before being replaced by a new City Connect jersey the following year (see below).
* Miami Marlins (first design), with a red base, white pinstripes, and white letters with light blue trim as a tribute to the Cuban Sugar Kings. The uniform was retired after the 2024 season and will be replaced with a new City Connect uniform (see below).
* San Francisco Giants (first design), with an orange and white design, a silhouette of the Golden Gate Bridge, and a unique fog gradient across the front, sleeves, and numbering of the jerseys. The uniform was retired after the 2024 season and will be replaced with a new City Connect uniform (see below).

### 2022

The seven teams that introduced City Connect uniforms in 2021 would continue to wear them for selected games. Seven additional teams introduced City Connect uniforms in 2022.
* Colorado Rockies (first design), with a green base, purple accents, Colorado written on the front and a special logo on the cap resembling the state's license plates. In 2023, white pants were added as an alternative during day games, with the green pants being used for night games. The uniform was retired after the 2024 season and will be replaced with a new City Connect uniform (see below).
* Houston Astros (first design), with a navy base, tequila sunrise accents (suggestive of its 70s and 80s rainbow uniforms), "Space City" stenciled in the NASA 'worm' font on the front, and a hat with a planet revolving around a futuristic version of the "H-star" logo, in honor of Houston being home to the Johnson Space Center. The uniform was retired after the 2024 season and will be replaced with a new City Connect uniform (see below).
* Kansas City Royals, with a navy base and powder blue accents, and a stylized "KC" insignia in homage to Kansas City's "City of Fountains" nickname.
* Los Angeles Angels, with a sand base, red accents and "Angels" written on the front in honor of the beaches in Southern California.
* Milwaukee Brewers, with a powder blue base, navy accents, yellow and white striping, a grill and bratwurst patch, the team's "Brew Crew" nickname, and the MKE airport code with "414" blended in on the hat in honor of being in Milwaukee during the summer.
* San Diego Padres (first design), with a white base, pink and mint sleeves, and San Diego on the front in honor of the culture of both the city of San Diego and Tijuana. The uniform will be retired after the 2025 season and will be replaced with a new City Connect uniform (see below).
* Washington Nationals (first design), with an anthracite base, pink accents and printed cherry blossoms in honor of the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival. The uniform was retired after the 2024 season and will be replaced with a new City Connect uniform (see below).

### 2023

Six teams wore City Connect uniforms for the first time in 2023.
* Atlanta Braves, with a white base, blue sleeves, and red accents, heavily inspired by the team's 1974 season home uniform worn by Hank Aaron when he surpassed Babe Ruth with his 715th home run.
* Baltimore Orioles, with a black base and white accents. The jersey is inspired by Baltimore and its neighborhoods. The cap features an italic B (commonly used on the Orioles Away Jersey). For the jersey, it features the word “Baltimore” in capital letters and white lettering. On the collar and the piping, it features the colors and shapes of the neighborhoods of Baltimore. In 2024, the Orioles added white pants to their City Connect uniforms as an alternative to black pants.
* Cincinnati Reds, with a black base and red accents. The jersey features a diamond shape "C" on the cap and jersey. It also features the word "CINCY" (nickname for Cincinnati) across the chest. On the collar it features an Ohio Buckeye and under it is the motto of Cincinnati, "Juncta Juvant" ("Strength of Unity" in English).
* Pittsburgh Pirates, with a gold base and black accents. The Jersey and Pants colors are similar to the flag of Pittsburgh. The jersey features the abbreviation of Pittsburgh "PGH". The uniform also features a custom print with three elements, the inverted "Y", the asteroid, and the check. Inside of the "PGH" and the numbers on the back features a pattern located on the sides of the Three Sisters Bridges.
* Seattle Mariners, with a dark blue base with yellow lettering and black pants. It features a patch on the jersey sleeve featuring Mount Rainier, as well as the letters "PNW", an acronym for Pacific Northwest. The uniform also features the colors of Amarillo, Rush Blue, and Sundown, representing the inaugural colors of the team, as well as the word "Seattle" across the chest in the lettering style of the city's first Major League Baseball team, the Seattle Pilots.
* Texas Rangers, with a cream base, black lettering, pants, and cap, and red numbers. The jersey features the Texas abbreviation "TX" on the left side of the jersey, it is also featured in the cap but in white lettering. The sleeve of the jersey features a Peagle, a mix between a panther and an eagle, representing the Fort Worth Panthers and Dallas Eagles, two former minor league teams that were based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

### 2024

Eight teams revealed their City Connect uniforms and wore them for the first time in 2024. The Los Angeles Dodgers also revealed their second City Connect uniform design during the season.
* Philadelphia Phillies, with a blue gradient base, and white and yellow accents. The uniform's colors are based on the Flag of Philadelphia. The jersey features Philadelphia's short name "PHILLY" across the chest in white lettering. The cap features the Liberty Bell, with the skyline of Philadelphia inside and two stars on each side.
* New York Mets, with a gray base, purple pinstripes and lettering, and white pants. The jersey features New York City's abbreviation "NYC" across the chest. The cap features the Mets' NY logo along with the Queensboro Bridge, which connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. The purple color was inspired by the 7 subway line that runs to Citi Field.
* Tampa Bay Rays, with a "grit" black base and neon lettering. The jersey features the city name, the first since 2007, outlined in neon across the chest, which features lettering similar to the Devil Rays road jersey from 1998 to 2000. The cap features the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, which crosses into St. Petersburg along with the sting-ray, also called "skyray". Another logo features three palm trees and a pelican, with several ties to the area. The three palms logo can be seen on a Florida Historical Marker, such as the one located at Perry Harvey Sr. Park, also known as the "Bro Bowl", Florida’s first public skatepark, and the first to be listed on any national registry of historic sites. The pelican is featured on the flag of St. Petersburg and is a nod to the St. Petersburg Pelicans, who played in the Florida State Negro Baseball League in the 1940s and ‘50s.
* Detroit Tigers, with a navy blue gradient base and white lettering. The jersey features Detroit's nickname "Motor City" across the chest in white lettering, while the cap, which is dark navy blue, features the city name across in white lettering. The uniform is to pay tribute to the automotive industry in Detroit.
* Cleveland Guardians, with a dark blue base, white lettering and pants, and red and white stripes. The jersey features Cleveland's abbreviation "CLE", across the chest and in white lettering. It also featured a red and white stripe pattern around the jersey, which pays tribute to the team's past uniforms from the 1990s. The cap features a dark blue diamond shape "C" along with white and dark blue colors. The uniform is to pay tribute to the Guardians of Traffic statues at the Hope Memorial Bridge, which connects to Progressive Field.
* St. Louis Cardinals, with a red base and white pants. The jersey features St. Louis nickname, "The Lou" in cursive lettering along with the "birds on the bat" logo, which is similar to other uniforms. It also features river lining to symbolize the Mississippi River, which is next to St. Louis. The cap is red and features St. Louis' abbreviation "STL" across and in white lettering, which features the font from their 1920 uniforms.
* Toronto Blue Jays, with a pitch-blue base and red and blue accents. The jersey features the city name along with the skyline of Toronto all in neon. The cap features the "split T" logo in red and blue along with the maple leaf, which is from the Flag of Toronto.
* Minnesota Twins, with a blue "ripple–effect" base and white lettering. The jersey features Minnesota's abbreviation "MN" in whiter lettering, integrating with the North Star, the state's nickname. The cap is also blue and features the outline of the state of Minnesota where the inside features the Northern Lights reflected in the water line of the lake.
* Los Angeles Dodgers (second design), with a cream base and blue lettering. The jersey features the city name in dusk and electric blue lettering. The sleeve features the "LA" interlocked along with the Dodgers scripted "D" combined in dusk blue. The cap is dusk blue and features combined "LA" interlocked and the Dodgers scripted "D" in cream lettering.

### 2025

The 2025 season will see eight teams debut a second City Connect design:
* Arizona Diamondbacks (second design), will unveil a new City Connect uniform in 2025.
* Boston Red Sox (second design), will introduce a new City Connect uniform in 2025. Their original yellow City Connect uniform will remain in the regular rotation, replacing the team's blue road alternate.
* Chicago White Sox (second design), will unveil a new City Connect uniform in 2025.
* Colorado Rockies (second design), announced via social media that they would debut a new City Connect design in 2025.
* Houston Astros (second design), reveled a new City Connect uniform on March 19, 2025, with a white base and blue lettering. The jersey features the team nickname "STROS" in blue lettering with an orange star logo, trim carrying over from their City Connect 1.0 with their "tequila sunrise" pattern and a lunar pattern pinstriping on the pants paying tribute to the history of the moon landing. They also debuted a new hat logo which is a futuristic design of their traditional star logo in the form of the Astros "A". The sleeve features a mission patch inspired from the long-time union station logo. The belt loop has "HTX" stitched along the beltline to pay tribute to Houston, Texas. The afterburner socks feature a mixture of orange and yellow in the design of a fire which symbolize the afterburners on a Rocketship.
* Miami Marlins (second design), will unveil a new City Connect uniform in 2025.
* San Francisco Giants (second design), announced that there will be "some changes made to the current version of the City Connect jersey" in 2025.
* Washington Nationals (second design), announced via social media that they would be retiring their "cherry blossom" uniform following the 2024 season and will replace with a new City Connect uniform.

### 2026

* San Diego Padres (second design), announced via social media that they would be retiring their "Pink & Mint" uniform following the 2025 season.

### No City Connect uniform

The following teams do not have a City Connect uniform:
* New York Yankees, due to the team traditionally not wearing an alternate uniform.
* The Athletics, due to the process of the team moving to Las Vegas.

## Summary table

This is a summary list of the teams that have worn City Connect uniforms, their reveal dates, their on-field debut dates, their most recent use, the number of times each team has worn in total and the total for the current season, and their usage patterns during the 2025 MLB season.
| Team | On-field debut | Reveal date | Latest use | Times used | Times used in 2024 | Usage |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | June 18, 2021 | June 13, 2021 | September 24, 2024 | 50 | 15 | Tuesday home games |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 2025 | 2025 | — | — | — | TBA |
| Athletics | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atlanta Braves | April 8, 2023 | March 27, 2023 | September 28, 2024 | 28 | 13 | Saturday home games |
| Baltimore Orioles | May 26, 2023 | May 22, 2023 | September 20, 2024 | 27 | 16 | Friday home games |
| Boston Red Sox | April 17, 2021 | April 6, 2021 | September 28, 2024 | 50 | 15 | Patriots' Day weekend; Saturday home games |
| Boston Red Sox | 2025 | 2025 | — | — | — | TBA |
| Chicago Cubs | June 12, 2021 | June 8, 2021 | September 6, 2024 | 31 | 7 | Friday home games (June−September) |
| Chicago White Sox | June 5, 2021 | May 28, 2021 | September 9, 2024 | 40 | 10 | Monday home games |
| Chicago White Sox | 2025 | 2025 | — | — | — | TBA |
| Cincinnati Reds | May 19, 2023 | May 13, 2023 | September 20, 2024 | 23 | 12 | Friday home games |
| Cleveland Guardians | May 17, 2024 | May 12, 2024 | September 27, 2024 | 20 | 20 | Various home games |
| Colorado Rockies | June 4, 2022 | May 27, 2022 | September 28, 2024 | 47 | 12 | Saturday home games |
| Colorado Rockies | 2025 | 2025 | — | — | — | TBA |
| Detroit Tigers | May 10, 2024 | May 6, 2024 | September 13, 2024 | 16 | 16 | Friday home games |
| Houston Astros | April 20, 2022 | April 10, 2022 | September 23, 2024 | 25 | 7 | Monday home games |
| Houston Astros | March 31, 2025 | March 19, 2025 | — | — | — | Monday home games |
| Kansas City Royals | April 30, 2022 | April 25, 2022 | September 20, 2024 | 39 | 14 | Friday home games |
| Los Angeles Angels | June 11, 2022 | June 6, 2022 | September 16, 2024 | 36 | 10 | Various home games |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | August 20, 2021 | August 19, 2021 | September 18, 2023 | 19 | — | Various home games |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | June 22, 2024 | June 17, 2024 | September 21, 2024 | 7 | 7 | Saturday home games |
| Miami Marlins | May 21, 2021 | May 17, 2021 | September 21, 2024 | 50 | 14 | Saturday home games |
| Miami Marlins | 2025 | 2025 | — | — | — | TBA |
| Milwaukee Brewers | June 24, 2022 | June 17, 2022 | September 27, 2024 | 42 | 14 | Friday home games |
| Minnesota Twins | June 14, 2024 | June 10, 2024 | September 27, 2024 | 13 | 13 | Friday and Saturday home games |
| New York Mets | April 27, 2024 | April 19, 2024 | September 21, 2024 | 12 | 12 | Saturday home games |
| New York Yankees | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Philadelphia Phillies | April 12, 2024 | April 5, 2024 | September 13, 2024 | 12 | 12 | Friday home games |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | June 27, 2023 | June 22, 2023 | September 13, 2024 | 22 | 14 | Friday home games |
| San Diego Padres | July 8, 2022 | July 1, 2022 | September 20, 2024 | 35 | 13 | Friday home games |
| San Francisco Giants | July 9, 2021 | July 5, 2021 | September 10, 2024 | 46 | 10 | Tuesday home games |
| San Francisco Giants | 2025 | 2025 | — | — | — | TBA |
| Seattle Mariners | May 5, 2023 | April 28, 2023 | September 27, 2024 | 28 | 18 | Friday home games |
| St. Louis Cardinals | May 25, 2024 | May 20, 2024 | September 20, 2024 | 12 | 12 | Various home games |
| Tampa Bay Rays | May 3, 2024 | April 29, 2024 | September 21, 2024 | 19 | 19 | Saturday home games |
| Texas Rangers | April 21, 2023 | April 17, 2023 | September 20, 2024 | 33 | 11 | Friday home games |
| Toronto Blue Jays | May 31, 2024 | May 30, 2024 | September 25, 2024 | 16 | 16 | Various night home games |
| Washington Nationals | April 9, 2022 | March 29, 2022 | September 29, 2024 | 62 | 24 | Friday and Saturday home games |
| Washington Nationals | 2025 | 2025 | — | — | — | TBA |

## Reaction

Boston.com conducted a poll of its readers in April 2021 and found a polarized reaction to the Red Sox's yellow and blue City Connect jerseys. About 49% of respondents said that they loved the new uniforms, about 36% said that they hated them, and about 9% chose the "I'm speechless" option. After the Red Sox wore the City Connect uniforms for four consecutive games in September 2021, winning all four, manager Alex Cora said that the team would continue to wear them for as long as they kept winning. "I'm sorry, but if we continue winning, we've got to stay with them," Xander Bogaerts told NESN.
A columnist for the San Francisco Examiner wrote in May 2022 that the Giants had a record of 12–2 in their City Connect jerseys. Although some fans derided their design as looking like an orange Creamsicle, fans eventually warmed to the jersey, increasingly wearing them to games on Tuesday nights, when the team typically wears their City Connect uniforms.
Of the first 11 City Connect designs, USA Today's For the Win blog ranked the White Sox's uniform design as the best and the Giants' design as the worst. In a July 2022 review ranking the first 14 uniform designs, ESPN's Joon Lee described the City Connect program as the league's boldest alternative jersey designs since the Turn Ahead the Clock promotions of the late 1990s. Lee rated the Rockies' City Connect uniforms as the best, and the Dodgers as the worst.
The Padres' City Connect uniforms generated $240,000 in revenue at the team's official store on July 1, 2022, their first day of sale. The last time the team introduced a new alternative uniform, in 2020, the team store sold $73,000 worth of merchandise on launch day.
Upon its announcement in 2023, the Texas Rangers' City Connect design met with polarized reactions from local sports media commentators and fans, particularly about the hybrid "Peagle" mascot that appeared on the uniform tops.
Baltimore's City Connect design drew positive reviews for the colorful interior patterns, and also criticism for its mostly black, unadorned exterior. The Orioles' players liked the look of their City Connect uniforms.
Of the 20 designs that were announced during the first three seasons of City Connect, Joon Lee ranked the Orioles' design 20th, noting comparisons to Great Britain's generic uniforms at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Lee rated the Rockies' design as the best. Three writers for The Athletic voted on their preferences among the first 20 City Connect designs. The Giants' and Rangers' designs tied for last place; the White Sox were rated as the best.