Can't believe I didn't know it was MLB Photo Day week...one of my favorite times of year. Photo Day is when the national media outlets (AP, USA Today, etc.) and local media outlets take pictures of the teams for use during the year. Its usually the first time you get to see the new acquisitions and new kids in the gear of your hometown teams and its often the only time you'll get to see the NRIs in the hometown duds. The sets have become pretty standard over the years--players in standard poses against a single color background. There are the usual joke pictures every year and you'll no doubt see a wave of those posted online by blog after blog after blog down the road. I prefer outdoor shots, myself, and I love when they get really creative, but few do anymore (the local papers do better at that). Still, the Zimbio sets have become an indispensable staple of our hobby.
Not all the teams have been photographed and posted, yet. And Zimbio has a tendency to add some photos to some sets later (so your team may have 67 images today and 85 tomorrow). Not every team gets the same number of pictures. You get what you get. I'll update this list as necessary. But, for now, the number in parentheses is the number of images for that team and the links should take you to the full Zimbio album of that team (I was in a hurry, so mistakes may have been made). You'll find some of these and others (and some different) up on Getty, as well. But I always go to Zimbio first.
As noted, the local outlets do different and, often, better. So far, the only one I've stumbled across is New York Newsday, which has a nice set of Mets looking a little "Field of Dreams"-ish. If I find anything good, I'll update in this post as well.
I've included a few examples from Zimbio and one from Newsday below. We've got Andrew McCutchen, Josh Tomlin, Yu Darvish, and Luis Guillorme (one of the best fielding shortstops I've ever seen; I've been saying for years Rosario should be at third and Guillorme at short...long before Luis nonchalantly caught the broken bat in the dugout). [Adding 5th image: Brock Holt of the Red Sox apparently imitating Andrew Benintendi, but I think he looks like a Dr. Seuss character. Found
here, but nothing else special there.]
Atlanta Braves (63)
Miami Marlins (289)
New York Mets (143)
Philadelphia Phillies (263)
Washington Nationals (121)
Chicago Cubs (221)
Cincinnati Reds (74)
Milwaukee Brewers (140)
Pittsburgh Pirates (95)
St. Louis Cardinals (185)
Arizona Diamondbacks (166)
Colorado Rockies (196)
L.A. Dodgers (64)
San Diego Padres (219)
San Francisco Giants (181) [link corrected]
Baltimore Orioles (101)
Boston Red Sox (130)
New York Yankees (200)
Tampa Bay Rays (63)
Toronto Blue Jays (110)
Chicago White Sox (294)
Cleveland Indians (93)
Detroit Tigers (114)
Kansas City Royals (174)
Minnesota Twins (228)
Houston Astros (216)
L.A. Angels (158)
Oakland A's (464)
Seattle Mariners (156)
Texas Rangers (117)
Local media sets & others:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Braves (16)
New York Newsday Mets (53)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Cardinals (129)
AZ Central Diamondbacks (74)
Dodgers Insider (31)
Boston Red Sox (via Fenway Frames) (25)
Northjersey.com Yankees (17)
Ocean County Register Angels (30)