Chicago White Sox Among MLB Teams Introducing New City Connect Uniforms in 2025

It remains to be seen if the Chicago White Sox will keep their all-black "Southside" uniforms moving forward, but they are set to introduce a new City Connect look this season.
Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. (88) celebrates with teammates after scoring against the Detroit Tigers during the first inning  at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. (88) celebrates with teammates after scoring against the Detroit Tigers during the first inning at Guaranteed Rate Field. / Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images
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The Chicago White Sox are adding a new look to their rotation in 2025.

Per an announcement from MLB on Friday, the White Sox are one of eight teams introducing a new City Connect uniform this season. They will be doing so alongside the Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals.

The White Sox became the third club to debut a City Connect uniform when Nike introduced the line in 2021. The all-black uniforms with white pinstripes and a gothic-inspired "Southside" written across the front have been in Chicago's rotation for the past four seasons.

Just because Chicago is getting a new City Connect identity, though, doesn't mean their old one is necessarily going away.

MLB adopted a four-plus-one uniform policy in 2023, limiting teams to one home uniform, one road uniform, two alternates and a City Connect.

The White Sox had home whites, road grays and alternate blacks in 2024, on top of their Southside City Connects. They had a vacant alternate spot, as they stopped wearing their v-neck 1983 throwbacks that had been in the rotation since 2014.

The Southside look can become standard alternates, opening up the City Connect slot for a brand-new uniform.

It remains to be seen what the new uniforms will look like, or when the team plans to unveil them.

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