Back for the second straight year after a 2024 return, MLB Players’ Weekend kicked off across the league Friday.
Players will don gear centered around three themes: off-field interests, causes and appreciation. Players are encouraged to celebrate their passions away from baseball, promote charities and community initiatives, and showcase their influences.
The event will culminate Sunday with the Little League Classic between the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets Williamsport, Pennsylvania. From customized bats to special cleats, here are examples of the coolest gear and tributes from the 2025 edition of Players’ Weekend.
Custom bats and cleats
Can I pet dat dog? pic.twitter.com/BJmILtD5KC
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) August 16, 2025
THE CHUG JUG BAT IS REAL 🤯
Harrison Bader’s Chug Jug training bat took the internet by storm … he will now be swinging a custom wood version during Players’ Weekend! pic.twitter.com/rSyg1JWBkM
— MLB (@MLB) August 14, 2025
A platypus? PERRY THE PLATYPUS?!
Drake Baldwin’s Players’ Weekend bat features everyone’s favorite crime-fighting mammal from Phineas and Ferb 🤯 pic.twitter.com/EUpAd2txfQ
— MLB (@MLB) August 15, 2025
“Big butt… even BIGGER BOMBS!”
Cal Raleigh may have won Players’ Weekend with this inscription on his bat 🍑 pic.twitter.com/6sUq0lOJVX
— MLB (@MLB) August 15, 2025
Marcelo Mayer’s Lightning McQueen bat for Players’ Weekend may be the best piece of custom lumber we’ve ever seen 😮 pic.twitter.com/EYvN3YVzDH
— MLB (@MLB) August 11, 2025
Marte’s reaction to receiving the bat blew him away 🥹 https://t.co/eHSz9wwKbP pic.twitter.com/v3ZDzuvQMH
— MLB (@MLB) August 11, 2025
#PlayersWeekend is here!
The boys brought the heat on the bat game, that’s for sure. 😍#GuardsBall pic.twitter.com/rNmhs9Pyyx
— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) August 15, 2025
Showing off the #PlayersWeekend sticks 🔥 pic.twitter.com/LrORTA2Suo
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) August 15, 2025