Victoria hosts Kamloops again Saturday night
Familiarity breeds resentment, the adage goes, but it provides contentment for Russell Young. The former Canadian junior national team player is happy to be returning to Wilson’s Group Stadium at Royal Athletic Park and was in the starting nine as the club opened its 2023 West Coast League season Friday night with a 13-3 victory over the Kamloops NorthPaws.
Young’s presence will go a long way toward providing the HarbourCats with stability this season behind the plate. “We’re all about disrupting the other team and making them make mistakes,” said Young, now with the UBC Thunderbirds after playing for Gonzaga and Johnson County Community College. Four former HarbourCats have gone on to play in Major League Baseball. Nick Pivetta is with the Boston Red Sox, Andrew Vaughan with the Chicago White Sox and Nathan Lukes with the Blue Jays. Alex De Goti has played with the Houston Astros. There are 40 WCL alumni in the MLB this season and 20 who played in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
“When I think about how hard everyone’s worked to build the West Coast League, now with 16 teams and our ever-increasing wealth of talent, I feel truly blessed to be a part of it all.”
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