Major
League
Baseball
appears
to
be
ready
to
modify
its
new
uniforms,
ESPN’s
Jeff
Passan
reported
Sunday,
which
have
been
widely
criticized
by
players
and
fans
since
their
unveiling
before
the
2024
season.
The
modifications
to
the
Nike
Vapor
Premier
jerseys
will
include
enlarging
the
lettering,
modifying
the
uniform’s
sweat
collection
and
remedying
mismatches
of
the
grey
color
for
jerseys
and
pants,
revealed
by
Passan
via
a
memo
put
out
by
the
MLB
Players
Association.
The
new
Nike
jerseys
initially
went
viral
for
having
see-through
pants,
an
issue
that
MLB
is
also
planning
to
resolve
with
their
modifications.
MLB
is
aiming
to
implement
the
modifications
for
the
2025
season,
if
not
sooner.
The
MLBPA
points
the
blame
on
the
jersey
fiasco
on
Nike
for
pushing
their
new
Vapor
Premier
jerseys
even
though
it
has
received
player
complaints
so
far,
and
not
the
jersey’s
manufacturer,
Fanatics.
The
MLBPA
memo
stated
that
Nike
“was
innovating
something
that
didn’t
need
to
be
innovated.”
Fanatics
founder
Michael
Rubin
spoke
out
about
his
company’s
role,
or
non-role,
in
the
new
uniforms
in
March.
“This
is
a
little
bit
of
a
difficult
position,”
Rubin
said.
“We’re
purely
doing
exactly
as
we’ve
been
told,
and
we’ve
been
told
we’re
doing
everything
exactly
right.
And
we’re
getting
the
s—
kicked
out
of
us.
So
that’s
not
fun.”
Fanatics’
Ariel
Epstein
discusses
the
early-season
surprise
teams
and
the
best
offseason
moves
that
are
making
a
big
impact.
Hint:
It’s
not
Dodgers’
superstar
Shohei
Ohtani.