Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty ImagesGood morning. The Cubs are playing a morning game, so I guess that makes it a good morning. On the other hand, it’s Paul Skenes versus Kyle Hendricks, so. . . .

As expected, Danny Jansen made history by being the first major leaguer to play for both teams in the same game. It was a bit anticlimactic, however. It was “Danny Jansen takes over as a defensive replacement for Reese McGuire” and then that was it.

Rustin Dodd and Sam Blum have a story on how the Mexican League is having its moment. (The Athletic sub. req.) Many former major leaguers and veteran minor leaguers are going down to Mexico to play as MLB teams are now limited as to how many players they…