The Twins’ New Navy Alternate Is Here. It’s... Fine.

[Giles Ferrell]

In a rare Friday news dump that didn’t make fans want to reach for their Pepto Bismol, the Twins unveiled an updated alternate navy blue jersey for the upcoming season. The release comes a day after the jersey was leaked in an MLB: The Show 26 trailer.

In the update, the Twins simply took their existing alternate and replaced the ‘MINNESOTA’ across the chest, and replaced it with the script ‘TWINS’ in white lettering. On the right sleeve, the alternate logo of the state of Minnesota with the North Star over the Twin Cities remains. The left sleeve is not shown in any photos released on Friday but it is more than likely reserved for a jersey sponsor patch, which was Securian Financial in the 2025 season.

The ‘MINNESOTA’ blue alternate had been in existence since the Twins rebranded their logos and uniforms prior to the 2023 season.

This is not the first time the Twins have switched from ‘MINNESOTA’ to ‘TWINS’ on their blue jerseys, as they had employed one of each jersey in the 2000s with the ‘MINNESOTA’ jersey used for road games and ‘TWINS’ jerseys used for home games. Both were dumped following the 2009 season when the Twins revamped their road uniforms.

While this is a nice updated homage to those 2000s home alternates, the jersey itself still comes off as a bit bland. The white ‘TWINS’ lettering across the front over the navy blue jersey just does not strike well. The lettering could benefit from either red borders around the white letters, or going further down the rabbit hole of tributing the 2000 jerseys and make the ‘TWINS’ lettering red with white borders.

The same review can also be applied to the numbers on the jersey. The numbers could benefit from some type of border to further emphasize them on the navy blue backdrop. Before this 2023 rebrand, the Twins have always employed some kind of border on their jersey numbering going back to their inaugural 1961 season in the Twin Cities.

While the Twins did right with their 2023 rebrand and moved off the gaudy uniforms with gold trim (never understood the gold even though the team tried to tell us often it was ‘kasota gold’), this new alternate and their uniforms as a whole could use some extra tinkering to make them that much better.

Simply adding some borders to the letters (not the name on the back, though, those can stay as is) and numbers can take these uniforms from alright to excellent.

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What do you think of the Twins new jersey? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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[Richie the Rally Goat]

[Teflon]

[CRF]

Meh...ok. 

[gil4]

When the 2023 uniforms came out, I didn't like them.  They grew on me, and I came to appreciate the simplicity.

I have always liked the navy blue with Twins as opposed to Minnesota, and script as opposed to block letters.  I'm glad we have that option back.  These also look like a bit darker shade, so we might not need a second look to tell them apart from Cleveland alternates. 

I will have to see the whole uniform on a field, but I think I'm really going to like these.

[USAFChief]

This version of the script "Twins" has always looked cheap. Like a knock-off jersey at a Dollar General.

This one is no different, and now looks even cheaper. 

Fugly.

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Like a knock-off jersey at a Dollar General.

Who else do you suppose the Pohlads have chosen as their supplier?

[bean5302]

[DJL44]

10 hours ago, bean5302 said:

I am also unable to input text on mobile, only on the laptop.

[jmlease1]

I doubt anyone is going to get too excited about these, but they're not terrible or anything.

I still think they got it wrong on the caps, and wish they'd done an update there: the "M" still looks wrong, and they really should have made the star white and the M red (JMO). It's close to a great cap, so it's annoying that they missed on it.

[Russ]

Will it make the players hit better, field better, run the bases better, pitch better, hold runners on base better?

Does the pro shop need more merchandise?

[bean5302]

[Linus]

51 minutes ago, bean5302 said:

I’m having the same issue. Can respond to a post but can’t originate one. 

[saviking]

I LIKE THEM! 

OR, I LIKE THEM, DON'T RHINK IT WILL MAKW THEM PLAY BETTER ..

[bean5302]

[ashbury]

19 minutes ago, bean5302 said:

Maybe try posting in a place the admins will see.  There are instructions here:

 

[bean5302]

[Parfigliano]

I still don't like those hats.

[NJM]

i like the jersey, but change the damn hats to the famous M

[bean5302]

10 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

I still don't like those hats.

 

10 hours ago, NJM said:

i like the jersey, but change the damn hats to the famous M

Nobody likes them. I don't understand how Joe Pohlad could not have foreseen the problem. Minnesota is the "North Star State" but the North Star is the primary source of night time navigation for... mariners. That's what the cap looks like to me. Mariners.

[gil4]

On 2/8/2026 at 11:12 PM, NJM said:

i like the jersey, but change the damn hats to the famous M

I still prefer the classic TC,

[Fatbat]

Hats gotta go.