While I tend to spend as little time on TwitterX these days as humanly possible, there are still an excellent number of uniform and uniform-adjacent accounts, one of which is that of @SunsUniTracker, which as the name implies, is most focused on the Phoenix Suns outfits, but many of his tweets are for other Arizona teams. And he’s got some great photoshop skills as well.
So, when I noticed this post…
Dbacks City Connect Prediction 1
This is based on what I've been hearing for a while + some new info. Not saying this is definitely it, but could be close.
Will post revisions as I learn more. pic.twitter.com/LNOHI7fJaL
— Suns Uniform Tracker (@SunsUniTracker) March 15, 2025
…it seems as though the account may be privy to either some insider info or at the very least, hearsay. So I certainly wouldn’t say the mockup above is in any way, shape or form what the team will be rolling out later this year when they unveil their second generation City Connect uniform.
I do know that D-backs fans love the purple and teal from the team’s original sets, and the team has worn a purple alternate jersey in the past.
So a purple City Connect jersey certainly makes sense for the team to adopt as a part of their new CC. I was highly doubtful that the team would use the exact same “Serpientes” wordmark/script from their original tan set, but … there is now a photo of some custom cleats for D-backs LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr., which may indeed confirm Suns Uni Tracker’s mockup:
Lourdes’ new cleats basically confirm this is going to be the jersey. pic.twitter.com/ssuWzKYoGC
— Mark (@ImhoffII) March 23, 2025
Hmmm.
About the only thing we know, so far, about the future Diamondbacks CC is that they’ll have a new one in 2025. But if MLB/Nike are looking for another reason to basically print money, releasing a new CC with a purple jersey is pretty much a no-brainer. I’m sure those will be extremely popular with fans if that’s their next direction.
What say you, readers? Even if this rendering is nothing like what is actually unveiled, how would you feel about Arizona going with a purple jersey (and lets hope not pants) for their new CC?
Fire away!
I will admit I understand why the Diamondbacks shifted to Sedona Red but I still think they looked their best during their first few years of existence. If they’re never going back to purple, at least doing so via city connect is a good compromise.
agree – the sedona red is just lame. Better now with aqua accents. But the red gets lost.
The deep purple, aqua,black and copper felt perfectly southwestern.
This mockup is self-proclaimed not necessarily accurate, but I would like this, IF it’s a flat purple. If it’s a purple to black gradient, much like the Phillies CC’s, it’d be one of the worst.
Hoping they go mono-purple just to see the heads explode.
Someone will need to do a welfare check on Paul
If its city connect it shouldnt say Arizona it should say Phoenix just saying
I’m pretty sure no one said it would say “Arizona” — I’m using that purple jersey from their past to show they’ve worn a purple top before. If anything, it will be a second “Serpientes” jersey. I would love it if they went with “Phoenix” on the front…but I think that’s a long shot. But I’m pretty positive it won’t say “ARIZONA” anywhere on the jersey
The fade to black is not good, but the purple and teal is sooooooo good. I’m conflicted. White trousers preferred, but if they did purple on top and teal down below, that might be interesting.
My guess is, if the jerseys does fade into black, they would probably go with some black pants with a teal stripe.
We need to bring back the copper too, I like the turquoise over the old teal though
As a Phoenix guy that used to be on twitter all the time. SunsUniTracker was always on with his Suns predictions. He definitely had mock-ups or connections with the Suns. He’s trusted by me. We will see how his Dbacks’ sources are soon.
Agreed!
Followed him for decades now, and yes, he’s been uncannily good with the Suns predictions/mocks.
Again, not to say (nor does SUT say) this is the jersey. But (aside from repeating the Serpientes wordmark?) it all makes sense. As I mentioned to another poster, I’d love to see “Phoenix” (the could even keep the same script family, to keep the CC *connection*). We already saw the Astros and Nationals sticking to a theme established previously (at least partly), so maybe keeping that old “Serpientes” workmark is how they’ll keep their link to CC 1.0.
I’d love for SUT to be correct with this, but we’ll soon(?) see.
Just going to pick a random thread since you all don’t do an NCAA first and second round recap.
Why did, if I remember correctly, did St. John’s have 6 patches on their uniforms?
Thanks!!!
That is a lot…
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NCAA patch for being in the tournament, the Lou Carnesecca memorial and their Be The Change patch (the latter two mentioned in this article),
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the swoosh, the American flag and the Big East patch.
Appreciate it bud.
This would be a decent alternative uniform for Arizona. Maybe they can just dump the CC name and gimmick for these, and just say they are a rotating alternate uniform for the team. Whether you want to draw from the team’s uniform history, or whatever else, that is fine so long as the uniform looks good and makes sense with the team’s current or past visual identity. Color swapped fauxback designs would be preferable to 99% of the initial CC rollout.
Somewhere Paul’s ears are burning, but I’m a big fan of the Suns’ original color scheme, before the black, and then grey were added. Purple and orange would look good on the Snakes.
It seems very un-Nike-esque to keep the same concept and just change the color.
My concern is with the gradient. I can’t think of a way they would make that look good. Either it goes purple to black gradient, then have normal white or gray pants. Or, they try and gradient into black pants. None of which sounds good
this would be a great jersey for them if the mockup is true. people liked the serpientes name and hat logo too, add that too historical team colors and a state flag and that might be one of the best of the whole program
Their City Connect 1.0 hat is basically a palette swap of the main D-Backs “A” logo. There was nothing Serpientés about it.
The NBAification of MLB sadly continues.
I love the vests they wore during their World Series win, either purple and teal. I don’t think the teal/aqua goes as well either the Sedona red.
Damn, if I accidentally hit the e instead of the w, it will auto-correct to “either” instead of “with”.
No gradients please but otherwise rolling with purple and turquoise plus serpientes is OK with me. And I do miss the copper accents as well, that vintage Arizona jersey shown here is very good.
I like the Serpientes name, maybe even better than their official nickname, but I’ve never been wild about the lettering. I do think the lettering is more effective in these colors than in the original CC, but I wish the shape of the “S” was a little different.
I’d also want to see a snake-S as the hat logo instead of the blocky “A.” That thin triangular alternate logo on the lower front of the CC jerseys could also make for a nice cap logo if it were pointing up instead of down.
It’s hard to tell what the gradient is going to look like on these in real life. The rendering shows the jersey lying flat, and as a retail item, fans will be wearing them untucked. On the players, obviously they’ll be tucked in.
The thick white soles on the cleats suggest that these will be worn with white pants. Anything other than white or grey would be pretty wild. Absent the Lakeshow gradient, I could imagine purple with purple pants, but I think that might be a little too much for an MLB team.
Although black pants would be conceivable based on the rendering, those cleats don’t look like something you’d get custom-made to go with black pants.
The color scheme does look pretty sharp, but I think it would be even better if it included the gold/copper as well. I always want to see Arizona teams wear a flag shoulder patch because that flag is cool, but the color-shifting doesn’t do it any favors here.
The triangular alternate logo above the laundry tag on the first city connect jersey was designed as a “V” for valley of the sun. You can’t flip it upside-down for a hat logo; then it would lose its meaning.
Diehard O’s fan, but actually consider purchasing a purple Serpientes jersey if the rumors are true.
That throwback arizona jersey is just *chefs kiss* perfect. SO sad they went the desert red look