By Josh Tucker

By Josh Tucker

Tuesday, in the Dodgers Photo Blog, you may have noticed the Dodgers Winter Development Program attendees sporting the Dodgers new batting practice jerseys. If not, here’s your first look:

Major League Baseball provides each team with a basic template but allows each club to customize the pullover from there. For example, all 30 Major League teams have trim along the sleeves and neck of the 2014 batting practice jersey. The Dodgers chose to pay homage to the original batting practice jerseys used from 1995 to 2002, which had the white-blue-white sleeved trim:

In 2013, the club is one of only three teams (Mets and Twins) to have a front number on the BP jersey — with the red front number being a Dodger signature. Classic:

The textured fabric is new, but players can expect the same cool-base Majestic Athletic technology as 2013.

Thank you to graphic design guru Ross Yoshida for the history lesson and insight.