Royals Reveal New City Connect Jerseys for 2026

[Kevin O'Brien]

On Thursday morning, the Kansas City Royals unveiled their new City Connect jerseys to the public via social media.

On March 31st, a picture of the possible City Connect jerseys leaked, though no confirmation was provided by the Royals, Nike, or Major League Baseball. With the City Connect jersey officially released on Thursday, it appeared the leak was indeed a preview of what the Royals' updated City Connect would look like for the next three seasons (City Connect jerseys have a three-year cycle).

The new Royals City Connect shares a lot in common with the Royals' old City Connect jersey. The color scheme is obviously different, with blue, purple, and white instead of navy blue, light blue, and white. However, the new City Connect jerseys will still be utilizing the "Fountain" font that made the old City Connect jerseys so popular with Royals fans. However, instead of "KC", the new City Connect style will emphasize the old "R" logo. 

Here's a picture of the old City Connect jersey worn by Vinnie Pasquantino during an April 14th, 2023, game against the Braves.

Per Kindle Biermann, manager of business and community communications, in addition to wearing them every Friday evening game, the Royals will also have multiple promotions and giveaways throughout the year that will utilize the new City Connect style and color pattern. 

The Royals begin their four-game homestand against the Chicago White Sox tonight and will unveil their new jerseys, hats, and City Connect gear during Friday night's home game. 

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[Brock Beauchamp]

This is a pretty big nope from me. I don't despise the CC jerseys like many, but few of them really appeal to me, either. The Royals' home whites are so good, I'll just never understand why this exists.

[Kevin O'Brien]

20 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

This is a pretty big nope from me. I don't despise the CC jerseys like many, but few of them really appeal to me, either. The Royals' home whites are so good, I'll just never understand why this exists.

I don't mind creativity, and I like that the color scheme is tied to something specific and city-specific (the KC City flag). That said, I really wish they would've just done a Negro Leagues collaboration, as they used to have an annual game where they and their opponent would dress in Negro Leagues uniforms. Nike kiboshed it due to its new licensing agreement with MLB. I do think an NLBM collaboration was probably squashed because the local Indy League team was called the KC Monarchs and already had an agreement. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

6 hours ago, Kevin O'Brien said:

I don't mind creativity, and I like that the color scheme is tied to something specific and city-specific (the KC City flag). That said, I really wish they would've just done a Negro Leagues collaboration, as they used to have an annual game where they and their opponent would dress in Negro Leagues uniforms. Nike kiboshed it due to its new licensing agreement with MLB. I do think an NLBM collaboration was probably squashed because the local Indy League team was called the KC Monarchs and already had an agreement. 

A Monarchs-themed design would literally have me throwing money at MLB.