Playing Both Sides

August 26, 2024

Fun baseball story happening today. Lauren Merola, for The Athletic:

Danny Jansen will become the first player in MLB history to play for both teams in the same game when the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays resume a June 26 game on Monday afternoon.

Back in June, Jansen was playing for the Blue Jays. When the rain delay was called, Jansen was at the plate with one out and one on in the top of the second. After a near two-hour delay, the Red Sox and Blue Jays said the game would resume in a doubleheader on Aug. 26.

For the last two months, the box score of that game said Jansen is still batting.

With the game scheduled to resume post-trade deadline, Jansen was traded for the first time in his career — to the team the Blue Jays were playing that June 26 night.