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Territorial Dispatch

Beck Pitches North of the Border

Jul 26, 2024 11:44AM ● By Story and photos by Steven Bryla

Sutter 2024 pitcher Jagger Beck tosses a pitch during the 2024 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division V final on May 22.

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MPG) - As many collegiate athletes prepared this summer for fine tuning and working on their game before they return or enter classes within the next month and a half by playing for club teams within the area, some were given the opportunity to play in another country.

Sutter 2024 pitcher Jagger Beck had the unique opportunity to play baseball north of the border for the Victoria HarbourCats as a member of the West Coast League.

The WCL is a 16-team league composed of teams from Oregon and Canada with players ranging from incoming-college freshman through seniors.

Beck signed to play at the University of Hawai’i’ at Manoa for baseball back in November 2023. 

Beck had three outings for Victoria so far as his first appearance was a relief start on June 30. 

His two next appearances were July 2 and 12 where he started and they were planned as three and four inning outings Beck said to the Dispatch.

Beck gave up three hits and one earned run in both of the starts, but didn’t walk anyone throughout his eight innings of work through the summer so far. 

Beck expressed that with almost 30 pitchers on the roster, everyone was going to get their time on the mound and it was great being around a group of guys all focused on the same goal of getting better every day.

Beck told the Dispatch that it has been a great experience so far as to play with higher level competition he will be facing in the months ahead.

There has been multiple adjustments and new opportunities that Beck has seen throughout the summer on the ball field, especially with the sides of the crowd in the stands. 

Beck said the size of the home crowd in Victoria is similar to what he will be seeing in Hawaii. On top of the crowd differential, he added that meeting a new batch of teammates was good because everyone was welcoming and they were all able to have the same objective and goal in mind about the next level.

The HarbourCats were currently atop the North Division standings as of Sunday, July 21.