It’s Time to Kill the MLB City Connect Jerseys

The business of sports is bigger than ever, which means there’s plenty of room for some cuts. We can scale back on all things gambling, for starters. It’d be great for sports broadcasters to scale back the provocative hot takes and keep their focus on the gameplay. And then there’s the aesthetic issue: Pretty much every sports team has way too many jerseys now, and an overwhelming number of them are hideous.

The NBA keeps pumping out City Editions every single year, spawning the obvious and inevitable problem of running out of ideas. The NFL, meanwhile, conjured up their Rivalries uniforms last season, with some stunning entries and a few brutal flops. Now, it’s MLB’s turn, as the 2026 City Connect harvest has bloomed.

According to MLB, the purpose of the City Connect uniforms—aside from giving fans one more thing to blow cash on—is to reflect “the energy and pride of each club’s community, offering bold and expressive interpretations that celebrate both team history and what’s ahead for the game.” Since their launch in 2021, every team in the league—save for the stuck-in-the-mud New York Yankees—has gotten at least one City Connect. Now, several teams are on to their second iteration—including every team in this current wave, six of whom rocked their latest City Connects over the weekend. As you are about to see for yourself, however, the energy and pride of each club’s jersey is not always as charming and scenic as the communities they represent. In fact, five years into MLB being overtaken by youth-travel-ball-ass getups, it feels time to officially conclude the entire endeavor.

Let’s begin with the best of the bunch before addressing the uglies.

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