Danny Jansen to hitch Crimson Sox's lineup at begin of suspended recreation vs. Blue Jays, play for each groups

Danny Jansen is about to make Main League Baseball historical past on Monday at Fenway Park.

The Boston Crimson Sox and Toronto Blue Jays will resume a June 26 recreation that was suspended for rain in what would be the first recreation of a doubleheader on Monday. Again in June, Jansen, then enjoying for the Blue Jays, was on the plate with one out and one on within the prime of the second when the sport was suspended. After a 1-hour, 48-minute delay, the Crimson Sox and Jays introduced the sport would decide up the place it left off in a doubleheader on Aug. 26.

Jansen was traded to the Crimson Sox on July 27, opening the likelihood that he may very well be on the other aspect of the sphere when the June 26 recreation resumed.

On Friday, Crimson Sox supervisor Alex Cora confirmed to reporters that Jansen will sub in to start the continuation of the sport, which might make him the primary participant in historical past to seem in the identical recreation for either side.

“I don’t even know the way this works,” Jansen mentioned when requested in regards to the suspended recreation after he’d been traded to Boston. “I’ve heard about it a pair instances. That’d be funky.”

The Athletic’s Jayson Stark dug into the matter and the distinctiveness of the scenario this previous week:

In 13 video games for the Crimson Sox because the commerce, the right-handed hitting catcher is batting .257 with a .794 OPS.

The Blue Jays could have some funky developments within the recreation, too. Blue Jays’ supervisor John Schneider mentioned Friday that Jose Berríos will take the ball when the sport resumes, however as a result of Yariel Rodríguez was the starter earlier than the sport was suspended, Berríos will truly pitch in aid. It is going to be his first aid look since he threw 1 1/3 innings in aid in his closing look of the season in 2017 — a span of 166 straight begins.

In the meantime, Rodríguez will begin the following day, on Tuesday, making him the starter on back-to-back days — kind of. Although the suspended recreation will finish on Aug. 26, will probably be formally recorded as having taken place on June 26 within the report books.

(Photograph of Jansen: Paul Rutherford / Getty Photos)