Red Sox uniforms will be unaffected by new MLB rules in 2023

Across baseball, some teams will be forced to eliminate certain uniforms in 2023 due to new Major League Baseball guidelines. The Red Sox will not be one of them.

MLB and Nike are limiting teams to four uniforms plus their “City Connect” jerseys, if they have them, in what is being referred to as the “Four Plus One” rule across the game. For example, the Mariners, who featured a six-uniform rotation in 2022, have eliminated their road grey jerseys and spring training powder blue jerseys for next season, as reported by Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times. Other teams are expected to follow suit to streamline their uniform rotations in the coming weeks.

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The Red Sox will once again trot out a four-uniform rotation of home whites, home reds, road greys and road blues with the yellow, Boston Marathon-inspired “City Connect” jerseys returning for a third season. The team will also be permitted its special white home jersey with “Boston” across the front on Patriots’ Day like it has for the last number of years; that is viewed as a special exception to MLB’s rules, according to a source. During spring training, the Sox will wear their green uniforms on St. Patrick’s Day as they normally do.

Because the Sox only feature four regular uniforms plus the “City Connect” jersey, they were never going to have to eliminate a regular combination due to the rules. But it’s noteworthy the Patriots’ Day and St. Patrick’s Day jerseys will remain as well. This season will also bring the introduction of a jersey patch for the first time as MassMutual’s 10-year run as the club’s signature sponsor begins.

Brendan Campbell of Blogging the Red Sox first reported that the Red Sox would be unaffected by the new guidelines.