Hometown Heroes: Southeast Louisiana products in MLB, MiLB (June 1, 2022)

Here’s the monthly report of pitching and hitting stats for many of the 2022 major-league and minor-league players who prepped or played collegiately in the New Orleans area and Southeast Louisiana. All stats are cumulative for the season, through Sunday May 31. Below are some of the highlights for May.

Mike Papierski (LSU) was traded by the Houston Astros to the San Francisco Giants for Mauricio Dubon. He made his MLB debut with the Giants on May 21.

Kramer Robertson (LSU) made his MLB debut on May 10 with the Cardinals. He is the son of Kim Mulkey, LSU’s head coach for the women’s basketball team.

Josh Smith (LSU) made his MLB debut on May 30 and went 3-for-4 in his first game with the Rangers.

Kevin Gausman (LSU) continued his control mastery, as he has issued only 6 walks in 61 innings and sports the lowest walk rate in the league. His record for the Blue Jays is 5-3, with an ERA of 2.51 and 1.066 WHIP.

Tanner Rainey (Southeastern) is one of the few bright spots for the Washington Nationals pitching staff. The closer has five saves and a 2.35 ERA.

Aaron Nola (LSU) is second in the National League in strikeouts with 74, trailing Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes with 78. His WHIP is 0.94, also second only to Burnes.

Wade Miley (Southeastern) came off the Injured List and made his 2022 debut on May 10.

MLB

Alex Bregman—Astros (LSU) 49 G, .226 BA, .345 OBP, 6HR, 27 RBI

Kevin Gausman—Blue Jays (LSU) 10 G, 5-31, 2.51 ERA, 61.0 IP, 70 SO

Will Harris—Nationals (Slidell HS, LSU) On 60-Day Injured List

Alex Lange—Tigers (LSU) 22 G, 2-1, 1.83 ERA, 19.2 IP, 25 SO

Aaron Loup—Angels (Hahnville HS, Tulane) 21 G, 0-2, 4.82 ERA, 18.2 IP, 20 SO

DJ LeMahieu—Yankees (LSU) 42 G, .256 BA, .333 OBP, 3 HR, 19 RBI

Wade Miley—Cubs (Loranger HS, Southeastern) MLB: 3 G, 1-0, 3.38 ERA, 16.0 IP, 10 SO; MiLB: 1 G, 0.00 ERA, 4.0 IP, 3 SO

Aaron Nola—Phillies (Catholic HS, LSU) 10 G, 2-4, 3.56 ERA, 60.2 IP, 74 SO

Austin Nola—Padres (Catholic HS, LSU) 36 G, .223 BA, .288 OBP, 1 HR, 14 RBI

Michael Papierski—Giants (LSU) MLB: 5 G, .000 BA, .100 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI; MiLB: 30 G, .200 BA, .298 OBP, 1 HR, 17 RBI

Tanner Rainey—Nationals (St. Paul’s HS, Southeastern) 15 G, 1-1, 5 SV, 2.35 ERA, 15.1 IP, 18 SO

Jake Rogers—Tigers (Tulane) On 60-day Injured List

Josh Smith—Rangers (Catholic HS, LSU) MLB: 2 G, .600 BA, .714 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI. 1 SB; MiLB: 40 G, .273 BA, .382 OBP, 4 HR, 29 RBI, 8 SB

Triple-A

Drew Avans–-Dodgers (Southeastern) 31 G, .235 BA, .343 OBP, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 7 SB

Greg Deichmann—Cubs (Brother Martin HS, LSU) 30 G, .204 BA, .243 OBP, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 3 SB

Jake Fraley—Reds (LSU) MLB: 15 G, .116 BA, .208 OBP, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB; MiLB: 10 G, .200 BA, .333 OBP, 1 HR, 1 RBI

J.P. France—Astros (Shaw HS, Tulane, Miss. State) 10 G, 1-3, 5.73 ERA, 37.2 IP, 47 SO

Cole Freeman—Nationals (LSU) 20 G, .241 BA, .286 OBP, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 5 SB

Ian Gibaut—Guardians (Tulane) 10 G, 1-0, 4.76 ERA, 11.1 IP, 11 SO

Jacoby Jones—Royals (LSU) 31 G, .196 BA, .256 OBP, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 2 SB

Andrew Mitchell—Mets (Jesuit, Delgado, Auburn) 10 G, 0-0, 5.17 ERA, 15.2 IP, 14 SO

Eric Orze—Mets (UNO) 13 G, 0-2, 6.52 ERA, 19.1 IP, 31 SO

Kramer Robertson—Cardinals (LSU) MLB: 2 G, .000 BA, .000 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI; MiLB: 36 G, .203 BA, .391 OBP, 5 HR, 15 RBI, 12 SB

Shawn Semple—Yankees (UNO) 2 G, 1-0, 8.31 ERA, 4.1 IP, 0 SO; Currently on 7-Day Injured List

Andrew Stevenson—Nationals (St. Thomas More HS, LSU) 43 G, .293 BA, .369 OBP, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 14 SB

Justin Williams—Phillies (Terrebone HS) 1 G, .250 BA, .250 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI; Currently On 7-Day Injured List

Double-A

Jared Biddy–-Rockies (Southeastern) 9 G, 4.02 ERA, 15.2 IP, 12 SO

Nick Bush—Rockies (LSU) 9 G, 4-2, 3.94 ERA, 48.0 IP, 46.0 SO

Daniel Cabrera—Tigers (John Curtis HS, Delgado, LSU) 37 G, .182 BA, .245 OBP, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 5 SB

Antoine Duplantis—Mets (LSU) 26 G, .132 BA, .184 OBP, 1 HR, 7 RBI

Hudson Haskin—Orioles (Tulane) 39 G, .272 BA, .374 OBP, 7 HR, 23 RBI, 1 SB

Cole Henry–-Nationals (LSU) 7 G, 0-0, 0.76 ERA, 23.2 IP, 28 SO

Kody Hoese—Dodgers (Tulane) 37 G, .284 BA, .306 OBP, 3 HR, 21 RBI

Braden Olthoff–-Angels (Tulane) 8 G, 2-1, 2.23 ERA, 40.1 IP, 40 SO

Kaleb Roper—White Sox (Rummel, Tulane) 9 G, 0-3, 6.75 ERA, 34.2 IP, 38 SO

Mac Sceroler—Reds (Denham Springs HS, Southeastern) On 60-Day Injured List

Zach Watson—Orioles (LSU) 35 G, .175 BA, .263 OBP, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 SB

High-A

Donovan Benoit–-Reds (Tulane) 12 G, 1-0, 2.60 ERA, 17.1 IP, 21 SO

Collin Burns-–Orioles (De La Salle HS, Tulane) 29 G, .305 BA, .387 OBP, 0 HR, 13 RBI, 7 SB

Brendan Cellucci—Red Sox (Tulane) 15 G, 1-3, 7.06 ERA, 21.2 IP, 29 SO

Saul Garza-–Royals (LSU) 4 G, .333 BA, .429 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB; Currently on 7-Day Injured List

Zack Hess—Tigers (LSU) On 60-Day Injured List

Todd Peterson—Nationals (LSU) Currently On 7-Day Injured List

Chase Solesky—White Sox (Tulane) 9 G, 2-3, 4.19 ERA, 38.2 IP, 28 SO

Bryce Tassin—Tigers (Southeastern) 12 G, 1-1, 4.50 ERA, 24.0 IP, 21 SO, 1 SV

Tyree Thompson–Rangers (Karr HS) 4 G, 0-0, 1.93 ERA, 4.2 IP, 3 SO; Re-assigned to ACL Rangers

Low-A

Jack Aldrich-–Royals (Tulane) 9 G, 1-0, 3.32 ERA, 19.0 IP, 22 SO

Connor Pellerin–-Yankees (Episcopal HS Baton Rouge, Tulane) On 60-Day Disabled List

Aaron McKeithan–-Cardinals (Tulane) 18 G, .263 BA, .368 OBP, 1 HR, 5 RBI

Independent League

Nick Goody—Mexican League (LSU) 14 G, 2-1, 2.40 ERA, 15.0 IP, 24 SO

Japanese League

Kyle Keller–-Hanshin (Jesuit, Southeastern) 18 G, 0-3, 3.31 ERA, 16.1 IP, 19 SO