MLB City Connect uniforms 2024: Tracking the jersey redesigns for Mets, Rays, Tigers and more

2024 hasn’t exactly been a banner year for MLB uniforms, with the new threads produced by the league’s partnership with Nike and Fanatics drawing ire from both players and fans.

The bright spot for the league’s on-field look remains Nike’s City Connect uniforms, which have largely earned positive reviews since they first debuted in 2021. While results vary by team, the experiment seems to be a success — and it’s not done yet. Nine City Connect uniforms will be unveiled by the midway point of the 2024 season, including the first team to receive a second set.

Reviews are all across the board for the early-season reveals, but one thing is true about all of them: they’re bold.

The Sporting News is tracking MLB’s 2024 City Connect uniform releases, from the Phillies to the Dodgers. Follow along below with the latest reveals.

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MLB new City Connect uniforms 2024

Phillies

Nike went the Red Sox route with the Phillies’ City Connect Uniform, removing all Phillies colors from the equation and giving the franchise a brand new alternate look.

The uniforms, which have a “Philly” script across the front, feature a gradient that turns from light blue at the top to dark blue at the bottom. Yellow is featured as an accent color on the Nike logo and the sleeves. The navy cap features a Liberty Bell logo and a yellow star on each side.

An ode to Philly’s past, present & future.

➡️ https://t.co/5ZsDu5BBDu pic.twitter.com/RGnXRnl3zC

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 5, 2024

Why blue and yellow? That’s a nod to the city’s flag, while the “Philly” script pays tribute to the pattern of writing on some of the nation’s historical documents in Philadelphia. Other intricacies of the uniform include tributes to Philadelphia’s skyline.

Mets

The Mets’ City Connect uniform embraces everything New York City, even if they aren’t the city’s biggest baseball brand.

The dark gray uniform features an “NYC” script in black lettering, with black pinstripes that run up and down. The cap is also a dark gray, with an even darker edition of the Mets’ interlocking “NY” logo and the Queensboro Bridge featured prominently.

The New York Mets are debuting their new grey and purple City Connect uniforms this afternoon https://t.co/O5ck1cOsGJ pic.twitter.com/Ao6FM5oWiW

— SportsLogos.Net (@sportslogosnet) April 27, 2024

One thing Nike avoided with the Mets’ City Connect uniform was actual Mets colors. While the same was true for the Phillies, Philadelphia’s uniform popped because of bright colors. The Mets’ uniform relies on dark gray, black, and a touch of purple.

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Rays

The Rays unveiled their City Connect uniform on April 29, and they bring fans back to a different era in franchise history. The Rays’ uniform takes on the image of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the late 1990s when the team debuted, but it adds a new twist: skateboarding.

The uniforms don’t focus much on skateboarding themselves, but a “skating ray” alternate logo introduced as part of the reveal “represents the intrinsic link between skateboarding and baseball.”

The Rays have unveiled their City Connect uniforms

(via @RaysBaseball) pic.twitter.com/3mIeYNKfH0

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) April 29, 2024

Named “Grit and Glow,” the Rays’ uniforms stray away from the typical sunshine and beaches theme the franchise tends to lean into. Instead, it focuses on the culture of the Tampa Bay area.

The uniform, which is a dark shade of gray, features a “Tampa Bay” script with flames, while the caps and helmets feature a logo that combines the shape of a stingray with the design of a bridge.

Tigers

The Tigers unveiled their City Connect uniform on May 6.

The uniform leans heavily on the Tigers’ traditional navy blue, including a navy blue cap that simply reads, “Detroit,” but the jersey also features a lighter blue gradient toward the center.

The Tigers City Connect uniforms are HERE 👀

Welcome to the Motor City 💪 pic.twitter.com/d56wC4zkhO

— MLB (@MLB) May 6, 2024

The jersey features a “Motor City” script, and the gradient is intended to resemble tire tracks. Detroit is known for its rich history in the automobile production industry, and that’s the theme Nike settled on for the Tigers’ new design.

The Tigers’ City Connect uniforms will debut on May 11 against the Astros.

Guardians

The Guardians revealed their City Connect uniform on May 13.

The outfit is inspired by the “Guardians of Traffic” statues on the Hope Memorial Bridge in the city. According to the team, “the blue texture of the uniform is influenced by the berea sandstone material of the Guardians of Traffic statues and buildings.”

We always rep the CLE. 🔥#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/SwAS1iUJBC

— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) May 13, 2024

The Guardians’ City Connect uniforms will debut on May 17 against the Twins.

Cardinals

The Cardinals revealed their City Connect uniform on May 20.

St. Louis’ uniform keeps the main logo of two cardinals perched atop a bat as its main insignia. That was a must, according to Cardinals executive Bill DeWitt.

“We see that in certain franchises, where they let (the uniforms) be a complete departure. I just didn’t feel like this franchise, given its special place and kind of the hierarchy of uniforms, needed to do that,” DeWitt told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “At the end of the day, I just held firm, saying: ‘It’s got to have the birds on the bat.'”

Still, there are notable changes to the uniform. Rather than the outfit saying “St. Louis” or “Cardinals,” it simply says, “The Lou” — a reference to Nelly’s iconic line, “I’m from The Lou and I’m proud,” from his song “Country Grammar.”

The uniform also has wavy pinstripes — an homage to the St. Louis River — and harkens back to the team’s 1920 logo with the “STL” on its cap.