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The Nats are a mess top to bottom and need a complete overhaul. This is your main logo: The cap you wear the most at home: Your home uniform with a cursive script that matches your actual logo (although the script is positioned at a horrible angle): And now your new road and alternate uniforms. The road now features a block wordmark that matches nothing in the set, with double outlines and a new striping pattern. Your alternate features the logo you wear at home instead of your primary logo. Make it make sense! It’s like they handed a blank uniform to three separate people and said, “each of you make a separate design for us.” I think I prefer their original scripts with the monument style wordmarks. That set was consistent and unique. It also had a defined color palette of white/red/gold at home and gray/navy/gold on the road. I’d even take back their old design with the W on the chest, or that prototype from a while back that had the cursive Nationals in red. I realize not everything needs to be 100% matching, but there is zero brand consistency here at all. Just make things somewhat consistent!

Marlins change look super promising and a big step in the right direction. I’d probably prefer a blue script on the black jersey, though.

The coach positions being sponsored is basically the same thing as naming a building on campus after them. Someone donated a ton of money to the program, and in exchange they get to see their name associated with the OC position.

Harbaugh getting out before the sanctions hit. Gotta respect it. I’d be shocked if it’s not Sherrone Moore. Apparently Michigan must post the job for 7 days due to state laws before making the hire. I could see that possibly causing problems with the portal (Michigan players get a 30 day window due to HC leaving) due to the length of uncertainty.

Real life photo of the Yankees road jersey. Pretty sure this is an authentic and not a replica. You can tell it’s the new template and not the Field of Dreams because of the extra collar trim, batterman below the headspoon seam, and the letters are slightly taller than the FOD set. I’m loving the simplicity. Long overdue.

Yankees change is a massive improvement. It helps that the new design looks similar to those worn many decades ago and recently seen at the Field of Dreams. For the most part, almost all road jerseys should omit white trim, particularly where the white outline is against the gray. The same can be said for these. The Cubs is slightly less egregious because the white is so thin. However, there is no denying this is immensely better. The lack of white outline makes these designs look much more retro. They are timeless in their style, whereas the white outlines seems like a feature from a bygone era. There are no contrast issues with dark text on light gray, so I’d argue there was zero reason to add the white outlines in the first place.

Texas and Georgia are using the new MLB Nike template. Georgia is dropping the Bulldog Bold font, following the football team and going to a more classic font. Interestingly, though, it’s a different style block font with fewer serifs.

Couple leaks - both appear to be replicas Further confirmation of LAFC

This post on Reddit has the best hi res photos of 11 teams so far. https://www.reddit.com/r/baseballunis/s/LomPUD3lml

As these photos show (as do the real life photos I posted yesterday in this thread), clearly there are different cuff thickness options. Why didn’t Nike offer the Braves a thicker cuff which could fit the stripes while retaining white below the stripe? That Twins example shows they clearly have the space for it, while also being able to do the thin stripes as seen in the Brewers example.

Oh wow. Somehow I didn’t remember that. This photo shows it even better how minuscule that white gap was. It looks like they cleaned it up nicely and it should look much better.

NL East Braves - sleeve trim is moved to the cuff, whereas before it was offset with white visible beneath the trim like the O’s. This is one of the most disappointing changes to me, because the Braves have worn that sleeve trim dating back to the Boston days. Phils - no changes, but need to see if the script is still chain stitched. Marlins - no changes. Mets - no changes. Nats - no changes. NL Central Brewers - cuff stripes look thinner. Cubs - no changes. Reds - no changes, aside from moving the stripe inside the cuff. Pirates - no changes. Cardinals - no changes. I believe Uni Watch said this script will continue to be chain stitched, though it may be applied on a separate patch, rather than direct embroidery. AL West Dodgers - no major changes, though the on field authentic showed the script breaks differently (replica looks the same as before) and the front numbers may be a tad smaller. D Backs - all new design. Padres - no changes, though perhaps the trim looks slightly thicker than before. Giants - no changes. Rockies - no changes.

MLB Shop has real life images of every ball club’s jersey on the new template. I figured it would be nice to compile them all in one spot. Keep in mind these are the replicas and so far, only the homes. Replicas for 2024 now get back the front numbers and sleeve patches, which have been missing from MLB replicas for many years, dating back to the Majestic years and into the early Nike years (Nike just used rebadged Majestic materials, which explains why that carried over). Authentics will have the perforated numbers. First up, the American League. AL East Orioles - sleeve trim moves down to the cuffs. Rays - no differences besides relocating the trim within the cuff. The trim looks too thick, compared to the headspoon. Jays - about the same. Yanks - no changes, though I believe their previous replicas did not have the raglan sleeves, so this is a nice update for them. Red Sox - no changes. AL Central Twins - no changes. Perhaps the cuff trim is slightly thicker. Tigers - no changes. Guardians - this is one of the worst changes, for me. On the whole, it’s largely the same. However, the way they’ve applied the collar trim to the new sewn in panel gives it the appearance of a soccer jersey. White Sox - no changes. Royals - no changes. AL West Astros - no changes aside from moving the trim within the cuff. Rangers - there was speculation that the script was altered, but I haven’t seen it confirmed. Mariners - no changes. Angels - collar trim goes from the edge of the collar, to set inside of a white stripe. I actually like this change a lot. A’s - no changes. National League up next.

I just need Atlanta to put out a normal looking away kit at some point. It’s wild to me the club is going into its eighth season and has put out wild designs with each version. I’d love for them to put out a simple white kit with red/black/gold details. Or a variant of that (white with only black/gold or white with red/gold). Alternate kits to date (I’ll include both away and thirds) 2017 - gray kit with pinkish red trim 2018/19 - white with peach, perhaps one of their stronger away designs 2020/21 - white with gold, fine in theory but couldn’t see any details or read the numbers on TV, could have been so much better 2021 - “Unity” third kit with maroon, orange, black 2022/23 - pale green with darker green trim 2023 - “404” third kit, black with neon blue, green, and white. Also, all of the above kits have featured a monochrome badge. None of them have used the regular badge in the club’s standard colors. I know that’s a common design trend these days, but it seems wild they haven’t had a single alternate kit with the standard badge.

MLB has done that for years. I’m assuming it has something to do with player licensing. But they offer styles with both the name and sans name. Not a new thing. ——— If you want to see some still photos of the new template, it looks like it’s making its way to college baseball this year, too. I do not like the way the cuffs bunch up compared to how the trim was previously applied as a clean, stitched braid. Otherwise, it looks fine.

Piggy backing off of this, but a ton of new template Nike replicas hit MLB Shop today. I haven’t gone through to check, but it’s definitely most teams, if not all. Not all of the jerseys are available yet. Most offer their home jersey as well as a player jersey or two. I do not see any alternates or City Connects, and as of right now, just one road jersey. But this is the biggest collection of new template photos we’ve seen so far. If you want to get an idea of how your team will look, check this out. https://www.mlbshop.com/jerseys-nike-limited/d-3438886714-1230370745+z-9-2597871746?ab={wt-static_graphic1}{pt-Home}{al-ASpot}{ct-NikeLimitedJersey_24} The main takeaway for me is that the vast majority of the jerseys look nearly identical. Sure, there are some very minor tweaks, but teams are still going to look like themselves. Which teams had a change due to the template? I’m not including the perforated numbers or the batterman moving down. I mean more major design changes. I know of the Braves and Orioles moving the sleeve trim down to the cuff. Any others? And I’ve said this before, but despite the couple gripes, it is very nice to see front numbers and sleeve patches return to the replicas.

The Mets jersey above does not have the cuff, either. Also, you can see some sheen on the threading on the swoosh. Previously the swoosh was screen printed on the old template.

I know Colorado is supposed to get a new design. Hopefully nothing too radical because when they stick to the basics, they have one of the most underrated looks in the country. A lot of movement across with conference realignment. Texas and Oklahoma showed us what they’ll look like in the SEC. I’ll be monitoring my Dawgs to see how they handle their uniforms. They switched over to the new Nike Vapor Fuse template this season and wore the new red jersey all year. However, partway through the year, they reverted back to the Vapor Untouchable for their white jersey. I heard rumors it may have been due to the design’s red collar bleeding into the white and making it look pink, though I never confirmed that. I’ll be curious if Nike fixes the issue or they continue to wear the old design. Also hoping we finally see black jerseys beyond their use in the spring game.

What is up with these alleged third kits? Reposting LAFC because the original image is no longer visible. Why would LAFC and Miami have third kids with their city script on the chest? I get they are very evocative of the cities, but why would FLEX Tools and Royal Caribbean agree to not feature their logos on game kits that they already pay to sponsor? As always, Footy Headlines is the site claiming the third shirts will feature chest scripts.

I’ll be curious to watch how the midfield logo holds up today. You can see the Texans logo just barely peaking through before kickoff. That leads me to believe the Texans logo is embedded into the turf permanently and they sprayed green over it. You may recall the 2022 game in Indianapolis had the same setup. The turf looked great before kick and looked abysmal by the end of the game.

The Netherlands away leaked. At first I thought the collar was just laying weird, but apparently it’s a design feature, because here’s France. Both look excellent, aside from the wacky collar. I am loving the oversized crests. Nike did that about 15-20 years ago.

Need Washington to save this matchup with gold pants. Not because Washington’s purple pants is a bad look on the road, but they’d clash with Michigan’s all navy. It’s weird to me that Michigan is playing for their first title in a long time and they don’t choose the classic look. Had they worn the maize pants, any pants that Washington chooses would have looked great.

Maybe the new Braves jersey isn’t indicative of how the placket and script will co-mingle. I was concerned seeing how the lowercase “a” was badly obscured. But here’s a current Nike replica and it has the same issue. Hopefully the gamers will still have a clean, legible script.

JJ McCarthy is wearing last year’s Nike CFP warmup suit but with the 2024 CFP patch. This year’s gear has tonal grayscale logos and different material.