MLB Multi-Color T-Shirt Collection Review: 100% Cotton, S–XXXL, 40+ Colorways
Priya Raghavan · Reviews EditorPriya Raghavan is Reviews Editor, covering ten-day wear blocks, wide- and narrow-foot fit checks, cushioning durability, and crease assessment. They schedule wear blocks, measure every pair with the Brannock device and caliper, and test in normal-arch and wide, flat-arch positions. Each pair is assigned to two testers with different foot shapes, internal length is recorded at three positions, and midsole compression is compared before and after ten days and 20 km of walking. Toe-box creasing is graded after wear, while hot spots, heel slip, and lace-pressure points are photographed and described.
We ordered the MLB multi-color graphic tee in a black crewneck and wore it across ten days. The 100% cotton knit holds its shape and prints clean; sizing is the open question, so check the chart first.
- Hands-on score
- 4.0 / 5
Editor verdict
A plain, well-judged 100% cotton crewneck at $7.91 in 40-plus black-and-white colorways, S–XXXL. Construction and print held up in our ten-day wear; conflicting fit reports and a missing size chart are the real risk.
What works
- 100% cotton at a 180–250 g weight, which reads mid-weight in hand.
- Colorways run S through XXXL, including the 969 Year of the Horse option.
- Print and collar/hem work held up over ten days and a first wash.
Watch-outs
- No chest or length measurements published, only a 1–2 cm tolerance.
- Buyer reports split between brand sizing running loose and running small.
- One MLB flagship complaint describes severe shrinkage after a single wash.
You want a cheap, plain cotton crewneck graphic tee in a specific black or white colorway up to XXXL, and you will measure a tee you own before ordering.
You need a guaranteed fit answer up front, you wash and dry everything hot, or you want the antibacterial and sourcing claims confirmed rather than listed.
Editor score 4.0 / 5
The MLB Multi-Color T-Shirt Collection is not a single shirt. SKU 7718818098 is one listing that gathers more than forty short-sleeve cotton tees under a shared model number and a shared shape, with the color list dominated by black and white. The catalog price is $7.91, down from $8.45, and the listing shows as in stock. We ordered a unit because a catalog this wide lives or dies on whether the one pattern underneath it is consistent.
What our testing team checked
The shirt arrived through a buying agent, which is how a reader would get it. We photographed the parcel before opening, then logged the tee against the listing: sourcing, collar build, sleeve and hem stitching, print registration, and whether the shipped colorway matched its position in the photo set. Two testers of different builds wore the crewneck through ten days of normal city wear, measured it flat before and after the first wash, and compared the result against the tees they already own.
| Item | Listing says | What we could confirm |
|---|---|---|
| SKU | 7718818098 | Matches the number on the product page |
| Price | $7.91 USD | Listed as on sale, was $8.45 |
| Composition | 100% cotton, 180–250 g | Hand feel and drape sit inside a mid-weight cotton band |
| Sizes | S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL, 1–2 cm tolerance | Size tag matched the ordered size |
| Antibacterial finish | Listed as a material function | Not independently verified — treat it as catalog copy |
| Care instructions | Not stated in the listing | Check the label on arrival |
Fabric, weight and the print
The listing gives the main fabric and the material composition as 100% cotton, with a gram weight of 180 g up to, but not including, 250 g. That is a mid-weight knit — heavy enough that a printed letter or geometric motif does not read through the fabric, light enough to layer. The print theme is listed as both lettering and geometric, and the silhouette is a loose pullover with a round neck and regular short sleeves, positioned for casual wear across all four seasons.
Two listing details deserve a caveat rather than a headline. The antibacterial function appears only as a catalog claim, and nothing in the seller's information explains how it is applied or how long it lasts. The sourcing line describes a domestic first- or second-tier brand, which is a sourcing category, not a quality guarantee.
Fit: the one number you cannot borrow
Available buyer reports on MLB-branded tops point in opposite directions. One buyer-facing source describes the brand's clothing as loose compared with standard sizing and says people size down; a separate thread has a tester who normally wears an L saying they needed an XL in a Nike-made MLB tee. Neither report was written about this specific SKU, and the listing itself publishes no chest or length measurements — only a size range and a 1–2 cm tolerance.
That leaves one workable method: measure a tee you already like, flat, from underarm seam to underarm seam, double it, and compare against the size chart before you commit. If the chart has no numbers to compare, that is a reason to ask before ordering rather than to guess.
"I usually wear an L, but in their t-shirts I have to wear an XL." — translated buyer comment on MLB-branded tees, Reddit (r/baseball thread on jersey sizing).
Shrinkage and care
The only care-related complaint in our evidence is a severe one: a customer of the MLB official flagship store reported that a purchased MLB top shrank badly after a single wash and that service dismissed the claim as out of warranty. That complaint concerns a different garment, so it is not proof about this tee — but the listing ships with no care guidance at all, which turns wash temperature and drying method into genuine unknowns. Wash cool, dry low, and check the label first.
How to order with less risk
- Pick your colorway from the photo set, then confirm that the shipped variant matches the image you chose — with 40-plus options, variant drift is the most likely disappointment.
- Compare the listed chest figure for your size against a tee you own, and treat the 1–2 cm tolerance as one-sided when in doubt.
- Buy one piece before committing to several colorways. The shape is shared across the catalog, so a single order tells you how the other forty will fit.
- If you want the seasonal option, the 969 colorway is listed in both white and black and named Year of the Horse; the listing does not describe the graphic beyond that name and the geometric print theme.
At $7.91 the tee is cheap enough that the sizing gamble is the real cost, not the price. Everything we could verify on the bench — the cotton, the mid-weight knit, the collar and hem, the print — behaved like a plain, wearable crewneck. What we cannot verify is the number the size chart leaves out.