HarbourCats sign four, bring back Seward and Luchies

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December 7, 2022

Official Victoria HarbourCats News Release

VICTORIA, B.C. -- It's the old baseball adage -- you can never have enough arms.

The Victoria HarbourCats have added three arms, two of them returning and one a local product, as part of four more players who have signed on for the 2023 West Coast League season. The fourth player on the roster comes from a dependable source of quality players -- Cal Baptist.

Pitchers Jack Seward (Vancouver, B.C.) and Owen Luchies (Victoria, B.C.), both parts of the 2022 HarbourCats team that reached the WCL post-season, and Victoria Golden Tide ace Brady Wilson (Calgary, Alta.) lead the latest signings, with versatile outfielder/second baseman Nick Dumesnil, a right-handed hitter from Huntington Beach, Calif., a bat the team will look to for key offensive production. Dumesnil is a 6-foot-2, 205-pound freshman and is known for a mix of speed and power that will be welcomed by head coach Todd Haney.

"We've spent even more time on pitching this year, it's always a premium but it's never easy to get that right mix for the staff -- it's the one area we are constantly looking to get better," said Haney. "We've been known as a strong offensive team since even before I got here, and we know the best arms make all the difference."

Vancouver product Jack Seward, now at Central Arizona, was 1-0 with three saves and a 1.15 ERA in 14 outings last summer, giving up earned runs in only two outings. He surrendered just 10 hits in 23 innings. Luchies, from Victoria, is a 6-foot-2, 195-pound freshman at Lower Columbia (NWAC) who started five games and threw 36 innings for the HarbourCats in 2022. He had 25 strikeouts, notched one save, was 2-2 with a 6.44 ERA and earned road wins in Port Angeles and Nanaimo.

Wilson, a Calgary native who is 6-foot-1, 175 pounds, was the workhorse for the Victoria collegiate Golden Tide in the spring of 2022, going a combined 3-4 with a 4.06 ERA in nine starts. He then spent the summer in the Western Canada Baseball League with the Fort McMurray Giants, where he was 5-5 with a 4.94 ERA.