Hometown Heroes: Southeast Louisiana products in MLB, MiLB (Through June 30, 2023)

Here’s an update of regular-season pitching and hitting stats for many of the 2023 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 Friday June 30. Below are some of June’s highlights.

Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman (LSU) had games with 12 and 13 strikeouts during the month. He leads the National League with 139 strikeouts.

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jake Fraley (LSU) continued to lead the team with 50 RBIs. The Reds currently lead the NL Central Division.

Cincinnati’s Ian Gibaut (Tulane) leads the Reds with 8 wins. He has the best win-loss percentage (.889) in the National League.

Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola (LSU) picked up three wins during the month and dropped his ERA by more than one point.

After missing a month due to a left shoulder injury, Wade Miley (Loranger HS, Southeastern) improved to 5-2 with a 3.02 ERA for the second-place Brewers.

Drew Avans (Southeastern) had a four-hit game on June 11 that included a home run and five RBIs. He totaled six home runs in June for the Triple-A division-leading Oklahoma City Dodgers.

Jake Slaughter (LSU) leads the Triple-A Iowa Cubs with 15 HRs and 58 RBIs.

Cole Henry (LSU) and Collin Burns (De La Salle HS, Tulane) came off the Injured List.

Landon Marceaux (Destrehan HS, LSU) was traded by the Angels to the Mets on June 24.

MLB

Alex Bregman—Astros (LSU) 81 G, .249 BA, .348 OBP, 12 HR, 53 RBI, 3 SB

Jake Fraley—Reds (LSU) 65 G, .273 BA, .356 OBP, 11 HR, 50 RBI, 12 SB

J.P. France—Astros (Shaw HS, Tulane, Miss. State) MLB: 10 G, 3-3, 3.13 ERA, 60.1 IP, 44 SO; MiLB: 5 G, 2-1 ERA, 19.1 IP, 26 SO

Kevin Gausman—Blue Jays (LSU) 17 G, 7-4, 3.01 ERA, 104.2 IP, 139 SO

Ian Gibaut—Reds (Tulane) 38 G, 8-1, 3.66 ERA, 39.1 IP, 32 SO, 1 SV

Alex Lange—Tigers (LSU) 34 G, 4-2, 4.13 ERA, 32.2 IP, 42 SO, 12 SV

Aaron Loup—Angels (Hahnville HS, Tulane) 24 G, 0-2, 4.79 ERA, 20.2 IP, 19 SO, 0 SV

DJ LeMahieu—Yankees (LSU) 67 G, .227 BA, .289 OBP, 7 HR, 26 RBI

Wade Miley—Brewers (Loranger HS, Southeastern) 11 G, 5-2, 3.02 ERA, 56.2 IP, 34 SO

Aaron Nola—Phillies (Catholic HS, LSU) 17 G, 7-5, 3.68 ERA, 105.2 IP, 102 SO

Austin Nola—Padres (Catholic HS, LSU) 50 G, .138 BA, .254 OBP, 1HR, 7 RBI

Tanner Rainey—Nationals (St. Paul’s HS, Southeastern) On 60-Day Injured List

Jake Rogers—Tigers (Tulane) 53 G, .200 BA, .299 OBP, 10 HR, 25 RBI

Josh Smith—Rangers (Catholic HS, LSU) 48 G, .219 BA, .354 OBP, 3HR, 6 RBI

Triple-A

Drew Avans–-Dodgers (Southeastern) 71 G, .239 BA, .352 OBP, 10 HR, 34 RBI, 13 SB

Hunter Feduccia—Dodgers (LSU) 47 G, .309 BA, .422 OBP, 6 HR, 38 RBI

Hudson Haskin—Orioles (Tulane) 33 G, .287 BA, .394 OBP, 3 HR, 20 RBI, 8 SB (On 7-Day Injured List)

Eric Orze—Mets (UNO) 18 G, 2-2, 6.03 ERA, 31.1 IP, 40 SO, 0 SV

Michael Papierski—Tigers (LSU) 42 G, .275 BA, .368 OBP, 5 HR, 26 RBI

Kramer Robertson—Cardinals (LSU) 66 G, .198 BA, .353 OBP, 2 HR, 18 RBI, 15 SB

Cam Sanders – Cubs (E.D. White HS, LSU) 25 G, 4-0, 4.78 ERA, 32.0 IP, 53 SO, 1 SV

Jake Slaughter—Cubs (LSU) 64 G, .247 BA, .336 OBP, 15 HR. 58 RBI, 11 SB

Chase Solesky—White Sox (Tulane) 12 G, 3-4, 4.19 ERA, 53.2 IP, 42 SO, 0 SV

Andrew Stevenson—Twins (St. Thomas More HS, LSU) 65 G, .321 BA, .396 OBP, 7HR, 30 RBI, 28 SB

Grant Witherspoon – Tigers (Tulane) 56 G, .227 BA, .319 OBP, 7 HR, 24 RBI, 7 SB

Double-A

Donovan Benoit–-Reds (Tulane) 20 G, 0-4, 3.72 ERA, 29.0 IP, 37 SO, 3 SV

Jared Biddy–-Rockies (Southeastern) 5 G, 0-0, 19.64 ERA, 7.1 IP, 4 SO, 0 SV (Released)

Daniel Cabrera—Tigers (John Curtis HS/Parkview Baptist HS, LSU) 28 G, .220 BA, .353 OBP, 0 HR, 16 RBI, 3 SB (On Development List)

Hayden Cantrelle—Giants (Louisiana Lafayette) 65 G, .216, .395 OBP, 3 HR, 17 RBI, 11 SB

Brendan Cellucci—Red Sox (Tulane) 17 G, 0-1, 9.00 ERA, 23.0 IP, 26 SO, 0 SV

Greg Deichmann—A’s (Brother Martin HS, LSU) 53 G, .214 BA, .329 OBP, 10 HR, 31 RBI, 7 SB

Keagan Gillies—Orioles (Brother Martin, Tulane) 17 G, 3-0, 0.47 ERA, 19.0 IP, 32 SO, 2 SV

Cole Henry–-Nationals (LSU) 6 G, 0-3, 4.22 ERA, 21.1 IP, 22 SO, 0 SV

Kody Hoese—Dodgers (Tulane) 38 G, .236 BA, .271 OBP, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 1 SB

Landon Marceaux—Mets (Destrehan, LSU) 13 G, 3-7, 5.46 ERA, 61.0 IP, 45 SO, 0 SV

Mac Sceroler—Reds (Denham Springs HS, Southeastern) 5 G, 1-0, 7.00 ERA, 9.0 IP, 14 SO, 1 SV (On 7-Day Injured List)

Zach Watson—Orioles (LSU) 45 G, .210 BA, .261 OBP, 8 HR, 29 RBI, 6 SB

High-A

Jacob Berry – Marlins (LSU) 61 G, .217 BA, .268 OBP, 3 HR, 31 RBI, 3 SB

Cade Doughty – Blue Jays (LSU) 57 G, .248 BA, .335 OBP, 7 HR, 35 RBI, 2 SB

Paul Gervase – Mets (LSU) 19 G, 1-2, 1.10 ERA, 32.2 IP, 50 SO

Zack Hess—Tigers (LSU) 5 G, 1-0, 9.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 8 SO, 0 SV (On 7-Day Injured List)

Jaden Hill—Rockies (LSU) 11 G, 0-5, 9.30 ERA, 30.0 IP, 31 SO, 0 SV

Aaron McKeithan–-Cardinals (Tulane) 57 G, .255 BA, .357 OBP, 5 HR, 30 RBI, 2 SB

Braden Olthoff—Angels (Tulane) On 60-Day Injured List

Todd Peterson—Nationals (LSU) 22 G, 2-3, 5.28 ERA, 30.2 IP, 25 SO, 2 SV

Bryce Tassin—Tigers (Southeastern) 19 G, 2-5, 6.51 ERA, 27.2 IP, 25 SO, 0 SV

Low-A

Jack Aldrich—Cubs (Tulane) 6 G, 2-0, 5.68 ERA, 6.1 IP, 9 SO, 1 SV (On 7-Day Injured List)

Collin Burns–Orioles (De La Salle HS, Tulane) 12 G, .095 BA, .220 OBP, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 3 SB

Tyree Thompson–Braves (Karr HS) 14 G, 0-0, 2.36 ERA, 26.2 IP, 23 SO, 0 SV

Japanese League

Kyle Keller–-Hanshin (Jesuit, Southeastern) 17 G, 1-0, 2.55 ERA, 17.2 IP, 19 SO, 0 SV

Jacob Waguespack—Orix (Dutchtown HS, Ole Miss) 22 G, 3-4, 3.54 ERA, 20.1 IP, 32 SO, 2 SV