Houston Astros to See Uniform Change in Next Year’s All-Star Game
Major League Baseball is going back to the traditional home-and-away jerseys for the 2025 All-Star Game in Atlanta.
The Houston Astros will pay two visits to Truist Field in Atlanta next year.
One visit will include the entire team for an interleague series in September.
The other will be for players selected to the All-Star Game, which will be in Atlanta in July.
Both times the Astros will be wearing the same jerseys — their traditional road gray jerseys.
MLB made the change on Monday, announcing that at next year’s players will wear their every day uniforms, as National League players will wear their home white jerseys and American League players will wear their road gray jerseys.
It had been tradition for players in the game to wear their home or road uniforms from the inception of the game in the 1930s to 2019.
After that, the league’s deal with Nike, as the apparel company and the league agreed to a 10-year, $1 billion deal to become MLB’s official uniform supplier. With it came specially-designed uniforms for the Game while players wore their regular uniforms for the Home Run Derby.
This year, the National League players wore black jerseys and pants with teal sleeves.
Many players at the All-Star Game spoke up about the change, including Bryce Harper, who hoped that MLB might change its mind and make the change.
A day after Harper’s statement, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred hinted at it in July.
“I’m aware of the sentiment,” he said during a press conference.
