MLB: Major League Baseball uniform power rankings
21. . Est. 1998. American League East. Tampa Bay Rays. 23. player
- Home Cap: 27th
- Home Jersey: 21st
- Road Cap: 27th
- Road Jersey: 23rd
The Good: Much like their 1998 expansion brothers, the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays burst onto the Major League Baseball scene with a very 1990s team name and color scheme, including a logo with a purple, blue, green and yellow rainbow spectrum.
The uniforms the franchise wore through 2001 are arguably the worst everyday combination in baseball history, so the change to solid green and black (which I actually liked because green is an underutilized color) and the current navy and powder blue (another underrepresented color since the disappearance of 1970s and ‘80s powder blue road uniforms) was a welcome change for the better. Also, the Rays have some of the best stirrups in the game.
The Bad: Much like the Houston Astros, the Rays have a good but not great uniform set that feels very plain compared to their brash uniform history. It’s a classic case of “you’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t” because many fans expect a young franchise to offer something unique in the uniform department, but we also cry out or cover our eyes if the club does something uncomfortably modern.
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