The St. Louis Cardinals and Seattle Mariners got the short end of the stick as Fanatics' MLB jersey disaster hit a new low.
On Thursday, Kyle Corwin reported that the Cardinals will be without their victory blue jerseys until June. Meanwhile, the Mariners are still waiting for their cream jerseys to arrive.
'According to reports, Fanatics cannot ship them until they get them in stock,' Corwin wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
On Sunday, T-Mobile Park's X account shared that the Mariners would wear their white jerseys before a game against the Boston Red Sox. The team's account highlighted the situation after a fan asked about the 'Sunday cream' jerseys.
'They haven't been delivered yet,' the Mariners wrote. 'But they are still in the rotation. We still plan to wear them this season.'
The St. Louis Cardinals reportedly will not have their victory blue jerseys until June
The Seattle Mariners are still waiting Fanatics to ship their Sunday cream jerseys
'In early December, each MLB Club was given shipping windows and asked to prioritize their on-field uniform needs to be delivered on specific dates between March 18 and mid-May,' a Fanatics spokesperson told DailyMail.com. 'The different delivery dates are intentional given that each player has parts of their uniform customized during Spring Training. Once those measurements are taken and sent back to the facility, there are different lead times to make the jerseys and pants, which inform how teams prioritize their uniform deliveries. This is the normal process each season.
'Uniforms prioritized in the first two ship windows this season - March 18 and April 1 - have already been delivered on-time or early. The remaining jerseys that are due to teams in the final prioritized shipping windows, between now and Mid-May, are on track to be delivered early and ahead of schedule, by April 23. This is aligned with when teams receive the bulk of their jerseys each season based on the manufacturing process after Spring Training.'
'Additionally, we have taken extra orders from teams booked outside of the prioritized windows, most of which are extra pants, and all those remaining items will be delivered as soon as possible.'
The waiting period is not the first strike from Fanatics, who are manufacturing the jersey designed by Nike this season. In February, players around MLB criticized them for the subpar quality of their jerseys.
MLB players previously flagged this year's white jerseys for being 'see-through'
The concerns led MLBPA executive Tony Clark to express the collective frustration in an interview with The Athletic as the union pushed for adjustments.
'Any time there's change, there's an adjustment period. Sometimes that adjustment period goes well, sometimes not so much,' Clark said.
'In this instance, there appear to be some misses that could have otherwise not been misses.'
Angels outfielder Taylor Ward said the jerseys look 'papery' and 'doesn't look like a $450 jersey. Meanwhile, an Orioles player told the Baltimore Banner they 'look like a knockoff jersey from TJ Maxx.'
Another issue was the white pants being 'see-through'. The glaring flaw was flagged after Shohei Ohtani's first photo shoot with the LA Dodgers.
'So whether it's the league or it's Nike, everyone is aware of those concerns,' Clark said. 'And (the league and Nike) have suggested in public statements, and otherwise, that they're engaged with an eye on correcting what can be corrected.'
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