BOSTON — Brewster Whitecaps catcher Jacob Lee had to pause for a moment and take it all in.

The rising junior at Virginia Commonwealth found himself inside historic Fenway Park, home of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, for the first time in his life. And he wasn’t just a spectator in the stands; he was part of the main attraction.

Lee and his Whitecaps teammates made the two-hour bus ride from their home, Stony Brook Field, to the hallowed grounds to take part in Fenway Day on Thursday. The event, which is put on annually by the Cape Cod Baseball League at the United States’ oldest active ballpark, allows players to show off their defensive skills in drills and the damage they can do with the stick in batting practice, as scouts from professional organizations watch on.

Lee, who’s spending his first summer on the Cape with the Whitecaps, wasn’t going to miss out on relishing the experience.

“I was just trying to look at everything and appreciate it for the 10 minutes I had to be able to hit and enjoy it,” Lee said. “It’s a beautiful ballpark, and there’s a lot of things to see.”

Among the sights were a pair of unexpected faces: Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer.

The Red Sox rising star left fielder and shortstop were on location Thursday as they each work back from their respective injuries — for Anthony, that’s a partially torn tendon in his right ring finger and for Mayer, a bone stress reaction in his left ulna.

Several Whitecaps were able to speak to the duo, and while Lee wasn’t among them, simply seeing the two go about their business lit a fire inside the young catcher.

“That was really cool to see those guys,” Lee said. “It motivated me immensely. There was something that came over me; I was like, ‘OK, I’ve got to actually do this.’”

Lee has a ways to go to make it back to Fenway Park as a Major Leaguer, but he’s turning the right heads on the Cape, owning the league co-lead in home runs with four alongside Harwich Mariners shortstop Tyler Smolinski. His performance during batting practice only added to the hype.

Lee not only shot the ball across the field and into the outfield bleachers, but sent one over the 37-foot-tall Green Monster in left field and onto Lansdowne Street.

“That was kind of my goal coming in here,” Lee said.

One scout, who agreed to speak on the terms of anonymity, explicitly mentioned Lee as one of the Whitecaps hitters who impressed him the most, citing the backstop's bat speed, the way the ball flew off his bat and how athletic he looked in the batter’s box as “interesting.”

While, from the outside looking in, batting practice during Fenway Day might seem like just another BP session, the players had to adjust from the smaller fields that they’re familiar with to a larger, more distinctive stadium to perform at their regular levels.

Whitecaps first baseman Dane Harvey (Ohio State) specifically noted that he had to “get a feeling” for the depth perception at Fenway.

“The feeling of these big ballparks, that plays a big impact,” Harvey said. “Coming from playing in the Big 10, all these bigger stadiums have a different feel to them. The ball is seen a little bit different, the atmosphere is a little bit different, it’s all just a feel thing.”

It didn’t take long for the 6-foot-5 slugger to get comfortable, however, as he consistently sprayed the ball into the outfield and cleared the left field wall — something he’s done numerous times as a Buckeye, totaling 19 home runs in 2026.

For Harvey, a draft-eligible redshirt sophomore, Fenway Day gave him one of the last opportunities he’ll have to show off in front of a large contingent of scouts before the MLB Draft, which kicks off in nine days on July 11.

Harvey, like many of his teammates, has aspirations to get drafted and work his way up to the big leagues. And while part of Fenway Day is about individual performances that can help that cause, the opportunity to go through the ultra-unique experience with a group of teammates who share the same targets and push each other to be the best versions of themselves was extra special.

“It’s kind of like you’re going to war with these guys who all have the same goal in mind,” Harvey said. “This is all of our dreams — it solidifies us and reminds us, this is the goal, and we’re going to have fun while we do it.”