Yankees make their case for new alternate jerseys: ‘It wouldn’t be the end of the world’

BOSTON — If Yankees players get their way, the team could add a new jersey to its classic rotation. According to The Athletic’s Brendan Kuty , players have been urging the team’s higher-ups to approve an alternate jersey for the first time in franchise history. Players recommended wearing a top that already exists for occasional road games: the club’s navy-blue batting practice jerseys, which have “New York” across the chest in gray letters and numbers, as well as a white trim and a sponsorship sleeve patch for Starr Insurance.

The Yankees only have two official jerseys, their classic pinstripes for home games and their road grays. That’s traditionally what the club has always worn – there have been infrequent exceptions – but other teams have expanded their wardrobes over the years. That hasn’t gone unnoticed by Yankees players.

“There’s a lot of tradition here,” Giancarlo Stanton said Wednesday at Fenway Park. “It’s the most iconic jersey there is in sports, pretty much. But that doesn’t mean that, every once in a while, you can’t change something up, especially on the road.

“Every team has an alternate uniform. We have the uniform. It’s not like we sat in a room and designed it ourselves.