Power ranking all 30 MLB uniforms

24. Houston Astros

I don’t necessarily hate everything about the design of the current iteration of the Houston Astros uniforms, but I rather dislike how contrived they feel. In fact, a lot of the Astros franchise feels contrived. The team’s home park is an amalgamation of design features meant to capture some sort of ballpark nostalgia. The weird angles of the park, the short porch in left field and the gone, but not forgotten hill and flag pole in center field all speak to an effort to make a very sterile domed stadium feel like it was built in the golden age of ballparks.

The jerseys the team is currently wearing parrot the original style of the Houston Colt 45s. The color scheme and logos are similar, as is the font of the text. We can all agree, however, that it’s preferable to name the team after the nearby space program instead of a firearm. So there’s that.

For a team with a rich history of technicolor threads, the current uniforms are quite boring. The logo on the hat looks like it could be worked up in about 30 seconds in Microsoft Word using Clipart. The orange piping on the home jerseys and pants adds very little to the whole package.

While these uniforms leave something to be desired, they are a step up over the maroon, black and gold design from the 1990s. That color scheme never really made sense for the Astros. Now, we just need a little more color.