Four British Columbians signed to 10-day contracts

Matt Bryan

The HarbourCats announced on Saturday that they have signed four players to 10-day contracts, two of whom are Victoria natives.  The four include Victoria Eagles product Eric Hegadoren, a towering 6-10 pitcher, and Matt Bryan, a solid two-way outfielder and a former Victoria Mariner.

The signings bring the total number of players under 10-day contracts to five, as Mike Gershman was also inked to a short-term deal in early March. The 10-day players are:

Player	Pos.	Hometown	2013-14 School	Previous Team
Alex Rogers	P	Nanaimo, BC	Trinidad State Junior College	Nanaimo Pirates (BCPBL)
Eric Hegadoren	P	Victoria, BC	College of the Canyons	Victoria Eagles (BCPBL)
Matt Bryan	OF	Victoria, BC	Treasure Valley CC	Victoria Mariners (BCPBL)
Darren Honeysett	OF	Port Coquitlam, BC	Monterey Peninsula College	Coquitlam Reds (BCPBL)
Mike Gershman	P/OF	Beausejour, MB	Valley City State University	Carillon Sultans (MJBL)

Additional information on each of the four players just signed can be found on the team's official web site.

Eric Hegadoren

For those new to the West Coast League brand of ball, most teams rely heavily on players signed to 10-day contracts in the early part of the season. That’s because NCAA Division I playoffs don't conclude until late June, and players who participate in a regional tournament (or beyond) are going to be late reporting for Opening Day (June 6th). In fact, any player who competes deep into the College World Series tournament likely won’t be able to report until after Canada Day and will probably miss close to 40% of the WCL season. Players likely to report late this year include those from Oregon State (Gabe Clark), UCSB (Andrew Calica), Pepperdine (Aaron Barnett and Devin Carter), University of San Diego (Hunter Mercado-Hood) and the University of New Mexico (Carson Schneider and Danny Collier).

Last season, 10-day players such as Ty Russell were instrumental in allowing the HarbourCats to get out of the gate with a surprising 10-4 record. Hopefully a number of the latest super-subs will make similar contributions in the early going this year. With a good showing, one (or more) of the 10-day players could be around for a lot longer than 10 days and possibly even earn themselves a reserve spot on the team for the remainder of the season.

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• Cal Poly pitcher Cameron Cotton has sustained a serious elbow injury and he will not be able to pitch for the HarbourCats this summer.
• The current 28-man roster can be found on our 2014 HarbourCats Roster page.