Hometown Heroes: Southeast Louisiana products in MLB, MiLB

Here’s the first 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 1. Below are some of the highlights from April.

With his new Toronto Blue Jays team, Kevin Gausman (LSU) is off to a fantastic start. He has a 2.27 ERA, with 41 strikeouts and no walks in 31.2 innings. With those types of numbers, he’ll contend for the Cy Young Award again. He finished sixth in the National League voting last year.

Nationals pitcher Tanner Rainey (Southeastern) has yet to yield an earned run in seven appearances.

Andrew Stevenson (LSU) already has eight stolen bases for Triple-A Rochester.

Hudson Haskin (Tulane) has been hitting on all cylinders for Double-A Bowie. He boasts a slash line of .345/.448/1.103. He has four home runs and 14 RBIs.

Collin Burns (Tulane) has seven multiple-hit games in his 18 games for the season. His slash line is an impressive .353/.421/.852 for High-A Aberdeen.

Braden Olthoff (Tulane) had a stellar outing on April 26 for High-A Tri-City. He gave up two hits and no runs in seven innings pitched, while striking out eight.

Players with new teams in 2022 include Kevin Gausman (Blue Jays), Ian Gibaut (Guardians), Jake Fraley (Reds), and Aaron Loup (Angels).

Players who started the 2022 season on the Injured List include Will Harris (LSU), Wade Miley (Loranger HS, Southeastern), Jake Rogers (Tulane), Mac Scolerer (Denham Springs HS, Southeastern), Todd Peterson (LSU), Connor Pellerin (Tulane), and Zack Hess (LSU).

Players from 2021 who have not returned in 2022 include Kyle Keller (Jesuit HS, Southeastern), Riley Smith (LSU), Mikie Mahtook (LSU), Reeves Martin (UNO), Zack Mathis (LSU), Tate Scioneaux (Riverside HS, Southeastern), Bryan Warzek (UNO), Cody Grosse (UNO), Todd Peterson (LSU), A.J. Labas (LSU), Aaron McKeithan (Tulane), and Ryan Eades (Northshore HS, LSU).

MLB

Alex Bregman—Astros (LSU) 22 G, .230 BA, .348 OBP, 4HR, 13 RBI

Kevin Gausman—Blue Jays (LSU) 5 G, 2-1, 2.27 ERA, 31.2 IP, 41 SO

Ian Gibaut—Guardians (Tulane) 3 G, 0-0, 2.70 ERA, 6.2 IP, 4 SO

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

Jake Fraley—Reds (LSU) 15 G, .116 BA, .208 OBP, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB

Alex Lange—Tigers (LSU) 9 G, 0-1, 2.35 ERA, 7.2 IP, 10 SO

Aaron Loup—Angels (Hahnville HS, Tulane) 10 G, 0-1, 0.84 ERA, 10.2 IP, 10 SO

DJ LeMahieu—Yankees (LSU) 21 G, .299 BA, .372 OBP, 2 HR, 9 RBI

Wade Miley—Reds (Loranger HS, Southeastern) On 10-day Injured List

Aaron Nola—Phillies (Catholic HS, LSU) 5 G, 1-3, 3.90, 27.2 IP, 34 SO

Austin Nola—Padres (Catholic HS, LSU) 18 G, .219 BA, .293 OBP, 1 HR, 8 RBI

Tanner Rainey—Nationals (St. Paul’s HS, Southeastern) 7 G, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 7 IP, 7 SO

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

Triple-A

Drew Avans – Dodgers (Southeastern) 16 G, .239 BA, .300 OBP, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 SB

Greg Deichmann—Cubs (Brother Martin HS, LSU) 11 G, .189 BA, .211 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 1 SB

J.P. France—Astros (Shaw HS, Tulane, Miss. State) – 5 G, 1-1, 3.24 ERA, 16.2 IP, 25 SO

Cole Freeman—Nationals (LSU) 6 G, .118 BA, .200 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB

Jacoby Jones—Royals (LSU) 15 G, .204 BA, .241 OBP, 1 HR, 3 RBI

Andrew Mitchell—Mets (Jesuit, Delgado, Auburn) 7 G, 0-0, 4.91 ERA, 11.0 IP, 13 SO

Eric Orze—Mets (UNO) 6 G, 0-2, 11.05 ERA, 7.1 IP, 12 SO, 0 SV

Michael Papierski—Astros (LSU) 19 G, .227 BA, .351 OBP, 1 HR, 11 RBI

Kramer Robertson—Cardinals (LSU) 17 G, .177 BA, .354 OBP, 2HR, 5 RBI, 5 SB

Shawn Semple—Yankees (UNO) 2 G, 1-0, 8.31 ERA, 4.1 IP, 0 SO

Andrew Stevenson—Nationals (St. Thomas More HS, LSU) 20 G, .284 BA, .370 OBP, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 8 SB

Justin Williams—Phillies (Terrebonne HS) 1 G, .250 BA, .2.50 OBP, 0 HR, 0 RBI; On 7-Day Injured List

Double-A

Nick Bush—Rockies (LSU) 4 G, 1-2, 6.11 ERA, 17.2 IP, 19.0 SO

Daniel Cabrera—Tigers (John Curtis HS, Delgado, LSU) 19 G, .153 BA, .197 OBP, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 3 SB

Antoine Duplantis—Mets (LSU) 14 G, .163 BA, .250 OBP, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 0 SB

Hudson Haskin—Orioles (Tulane) 16 G, .345 BA, .448 OBP, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 0 SB

Cole Henry – Nationals (LSU) 4 G, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 13.0 IP, 16 SO

Kody Hoese—Dodgers (Tulane) 16 G, .222 BA, .258 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI

Kaleb Roper—White Sox (Rummel, Tulane) 4 G, 0-2, 7.36 ERA, 14.2 IP, 18 SO

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

Zach Watson—Orioles (LSU) 18 G, .185 BA, .250 OBP, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB

High-A

Donovan Benoit – Reds (Tulane) 6 G, 0-0, 5.40 ERA, 6.2 IP, 9 SO

Jared Biddy – Rockies (Southeastern) 4 G, 2.45 ERA, 7.1 IP, 5 SO

Collin Burns – Orioles (De La Salle HS, Tulane) 15 G, .353 BA, .421OBP, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 6 SB

Brendan Cellucci—Red Sox (Tulane) 7 G, 1-1, 11.74 ERA, 7.2 IP, 8 SO

Saul Garza – Royals (LSU) 4 G, .333 BA, .429 OBP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

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

Braden Olthoff – Angels (Tulane) 4 G, 1-0, 1.80 ERA, 20.0 IP, 26 SO

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

Chase Solesky—White Sox (Tulane) 4 G, 1-2, 4.74 ERA, 19.0 IP, 12 SO

Josh Smith—Rangers (Catholic HS, LSU) 21 G, .256 BA, .319 OBP, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 3 SB

Bryce Tassin—Tigers (Southeastern) 5 G, 1-0, 1.69 ERA, 10.2 IP, 10 SO, 1 SV

Tyree Thompson — Rangers (Edna Karr HS) 2 G, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2.2 IP, 2 SO

Low-A

Jack Aldrich – Royals (Tulane) 5 G, 1-0, 5.40 ERA, 6.2 IP, 9 SO

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

Independent League

Nick Goody—Mexican League (LSU) 3 G, 0-1, 7.71 ERA, 2.1 IP, 5 SO