Power ranking all 30 MLB uniforms

TORONTO, ON - APRIL 02: Chris Davis #19 of the Baltimore Orioles flips the ball to the pitcher covering first base to get the baserunner in the fifth inning during MLB game action against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on April 2, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) /

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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 28: Manny Machado #13 of the San Diego Padres looks on after striking out during the third inning of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at PETCO Park on August 28, 2019 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /

17. San Diego Padres

As one of the younger teams in the league, the San Diego Padres have been able to tinker with their uniform design quite frequently. That’s an opportunity afforded a franchise with little history and tradition. They’ve been brown and yellow, navy blue and orange, currently blue and white and are in the process of switching back to brown and gold again next season. The Padres also wear camouflage jerseys at home on Sundays to honor the high military population in San Diego.

The Padres wore brown and yellow/gold for over 20 years of their existence and the throwback alternates the team currently wears at home on Friday nights are very popular among the fans. We’ll see if the novelty wears off when the team goes back to wearing them every night. As for the current jerseys, they’re right in the middle when it comes to the rest of the league.

San Diego has spent the better part of the last decade playing with the script on the chest of their home jerseys. The primary colors have stayed some combination of blue, gold and white but the text has flipped back and forth between cursive and block. They ditched the text entirely in 2016 and featured the intertwined “SD” logo.

Personally, I think the Padres should scrap the idea of going back to brown and gold on a permanent basis ASAP. Go with the navy blue and gold combination from 2016, which looked the sharpest, in my opinion. When people think San Diego, they should think ocean, beaches and sunshine. That’s blue and yellow — not brown.

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