Rays' 2026 jerseys to feature patch made of fabric from original Tropicana Field roof
Tropicana Field's fiberglass roof was torn off during Hurricane Milton in 2024, and the Rays played last season at Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees' spring training ballpark.
Returning to Tropicana Field for the 2026 MLB season, the Tampa Bay Rays will wear a patch on their jersey that incorporates fabric from the roof that was torn off the stadium during 2024’s Hurricane Milton. The Rays announced on Thursday that their jerseys will feature a sponsored patch for Webull, an onlinve investment platform whose offices relocated to St. Petersburg, Florida from New York in 2022.
Each of those patches will have a piece of the original Tropicana Field roof sewn into it. Draft your Yahoo Fantasy Baseball team for the 2026 MLB Season Per press release on #Rays new sleeve patch, "Elements of the tattered (Tropicana Field) roof were incorporated into the design of the patch itself. " https://t.
co/iZVxWB5Fv0 — Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) March 19, 2026 Tampa Bay is believed to be the last MLB team to add sponsored patches to its jerseys since they were allowed during the 2023 season. Made from Teflon-coated fiberglass fabric, the Tropicana Field roof was torn away when the storm that reached Category 3 status reached landfall on Florida’s west coast on Oct. 9, 2024.
Due to the damage sustained to the roof and parts of the stadium interior, the Rays played their 2025 home schedule at Tampa’s Steinbrenner Field , the spring training home of the New York Yankees. (The Yankees’ Class A club, the Tampa Tarpons, played their 2025 home games at the adjacent Community Field in the team’s spring training complex. ) A constant reminder that when we suit up and take the field, we face the storm together.