Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen (29), who is familiar to Korean baseball fans as the ‘best friend’ of Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha Eagles), is expected to set a record of being the first player in Major League Baseball (MLB) to play for both teams in the same game.
MLB.com reported on the 5th (Korean time), “If Jansen plays in the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston at Fenway Park in Boston on the 27th (Korean time), ‘players from both teams playing in one game’ will occur, which has never happened before.”
Here’s the story. Jansen, then a member of Toronto, started as the 7th hitter and catcher in an away game against Boston on June 27, and came to bat in the top of the 2nd inning with one out and a runner on first base with the score tied 0-0.
At this time, heavy rain poured down, and the referees declared a suspended game.
The match was postponed to the second half of the season.
However, Jansen was traded to Boston on the 28th of last month.
The suspended game is scheduled to 토토 resume on the 27th.
The problem is that the game was stopped during ‘Jansen’s turn’.
Toronto will obviously have to bring in a pinch hitter.
However, Boston may switch Jansen to catcher for the restart.
Reese McGuire, who started as Boston’s starting catcher in that game, was recently released.
Boston’s current home plate is helmed by Connor Wong, but the team still has two games to play on suspended game days.
“Boston has two games to play, so Wong and Jansen will have to split the catcher duties,” MLB.com reported.
If Boston puts Jansen in for the restart, it will be the first time Jansen has been on the mound as the opposing team’s catcher.
Fortunately, catcher Jansen doesn’t catch batter Jansen out.
Since the game was stopped at 1 strike on the ball count, the individual performance for that at-bat is recorded as the pinch hitter’s performance.
If the at-bat had been stopped at two strikes, it would have been recorded as Jansen’s turn, making things complicated.
All records for a suspended game are dated prior to the game being suspended.
“I’ve heard about this situation a few times and I have no idea how it works,” Jansen, who is involved in the incident, told MLB.com. “But I think it’s a really cool situation.”
