Hometown Heroes: Southeast Louisiana products in MLB, MiLB (Through May 31, 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 Wednesday May 31. Below are some of May’s highlights.

Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman (LSU) is second in the National League with 89 strikeouts.

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jake Fraley (LSU) leads the Cincinnati Reds with 35 RBIs.

Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola (LSU) continues to be the workhorse of the Phillies staff, He leads the National League with 12 starts and 74.2 innings pitched.

Cincinnati’s Ian Gibaut (Tulane) leads the Reds with 5 wins, all of them coming in relief appearances.

Alex Lange (LSU) has become the go-to guy as Detroit’s closer. He is 3-0 with 10 saves and sports a 1.16 ERA.

J.P. France (Archbishop Shaw, Tulane, Miss. State) made his major-league debut with the Houston Astros on May 6. He pitched five scoreless innings and struck out 5.

Andrew Stevenson (LSU) is in seventh place in the International League with 18 stolen bases. He plays for Triple-A St. Paul in the Twins organization.

Former Brother Martin and Tulane pitcher Keagan Gillies is 3-0 with a 0.71 ERA for High-A Aberdeen.

Mike Papierski (LSU) had a fantastic May with Triple-A Toledo, batting .339 with 3 homers and 11 RBIs.

MLB

Alex Bregman—Astros (LSU) 55 G, .245 BA, .373 OBP, 7 HR, 29 RBI, 1 SB

Jake Fraley—Reds (LSU) 49 G, .248 BA, .337 OBP, 5 HR, 35 RBI, 7 SB

J.P. France—Astros (Shaw HS, Tulane, Miss. State) MLB: 5 G, 1-1, 4.00 ERA, 27.0 IP, 26 SO; MiLB: 5 G, 2-1 ERA, 19.1 IP, 26 SO

Kevin Gausman—Blue Jays (LSU) 11 G, 3-3, 3.03 ERA, 68.1 IP, 89 SO

Ian Gibaut—Reds (Tulane) 25 G, 5-1, 3.55 ERA, 25.1 IP, 22 SO, 1 SV

Alex Lange—Tigers (LSU) 23 G, 3-0, 1.16 ERA, 23.1 IP, 32 SO, 10 SV

Aaron Loup—Angels (Hahnville HS, Tulane) 15 G, 0-2, 6.57 ERA, 12.1 IP, 10 SO, 0 SV

DJ LeMahieu—Yankees (LSU) 51 G, .243 BA, .308 OBP, 6 HR, 21 RBI

Wade Miley—Brewers (Loranger HS, Southeastern) 8 G, 3-2, 3.67 ERA, 41.2 IP, 24 SO

Aaron Nola—Phillies (Catholic HS, LSU) 12 G, 4-4, 4.70 ERA, 74.2 IP, 65 SO

Austin Nola—Padres (Catholic HS, LSU) 40 G, .130 BA, .250 OBP, 1HR, 7 RBI

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

Jake Rogers—Tigers (Tulane) 36 G, .156 BA, .255 OBP, 6 HR, 16 RBI

Josh Smith—Rangers (Catholic HS, LSU) 38 G, .211 BA, .360 OBP, 3HR, 5 RBI

Triple-A

Drew Avans–-Dodgers (Southeastern) 48 G, .229 BA, .366 OBP, 4 HR, 17 RBI, 7 SB

Hunter Feduccia—Dodgers (LSU) 33 G, .272 BA, .391 OBP, 5 HR, 30 RBI

Cole Henry–-Nationals (LSU) (7- Day Injured List)

Eric Orze—Mets (UNO) 14 G, 1-2, 7.71 ERA, 23.1 IP, 27 SO, 0 SV

Michael Papierski—Tigers (LSU) 26 G, .294 BA, .396 OBP, 3 HR, 12 RBI

Kramer Robertson—Mets (LSU) 49 G, .178 BA, .326 OBP, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 7 SB

Cam Sanders – Cubs (E. D. White HS, LSU) 17 G, 2-0, 4.29 ERA, 21.0 IP, 33 SO, 1 SV

Jake Slaughter—Cubs (LSU) 44 G, .252 BA, .330 OBP, 0 HR. 10 RBI, 9 SB

Andrew Stevenson—Twins (St. Thomas More HS, LSU) 43 G, .279 BA, .356 OBP, 3HR, 18 RBI, 18 SB

Grant Witherspoon – Tigers (Tulane) 44 G, .255 BA, .356 OBP, 7 HR, 24 RBI, 6 SB

Double-A

Donovan Benoit–-Reds (Tulane) 12 G, 0-3, 2.45 ERA, 18.1 IP, 24 SO, 2 SV

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

Collin Burns–Orioles (De La Salle HS, Tulane) On 7-day Injured List

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

Brendan Cellucci—Red Sox (Tulane) 11 G, 0-0, 7.88 ERA, 16.0 IP, 15 SO, 0 SV

Greg Deichmann—A’s (Brother Martin HS, LSU) 32 G, .208 BA, .321 OBP, 4 HR, 17 RBI, 6 SB

Hudson Haskin—Orioles (Tulane) 20 G, .354 BA, .488 OBP, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 7 SB

Kody Hoese—Dodgers (Tulane) 22 G, .192 BA, .232 OBP, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 1 SB

Landon Marceaux—Angels (Destrehan, LSU) 9 G, 2-4, 4.36 ERA, 43.1 IP, 33 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)

Chase Solesky—White Sox (Tulane) 7 G, 3-0, 2.79 ERA, 29.0 IP, 20 SO, 0 SV

Bryce Tassin—Tigers (Southeastern) 2 G, 0-1, 4.50 ERA, 2.0 IP, 2 SO, 0 SV

Zach Watson—Orioles (LSU) 29 G, .236 BA, .281 OBP, 4 HR, 16 RBI, 4 SB

High-A

Jacob Berry – Marlins (LSU) 36 G, .161 BA, .171 OBP, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 2 SB

Cade Doughty – Blue Jays (LSU) 36 G, .230 BA, .329 OBP, 5 HR, 24 RBI, 0 SB

Paul Gervase – Mets (LSU) 12 G, 0-2, 0.93 ERA, 19.1 IP, 28 SO

Keagan Gillies—Orioles (Brother Martin, Tulane) 11 G, 3-0, 0.71 ERA, 12.2 IP, 21 SO, 2 SV

Cole Henry–-Nationals (LSU) 3 G, 0-1, 0.82 ERA, 11.0 IP, 14 SO, 0 SV

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) 8 G, 0-4, 8.87 ERA, 22.1 IP, 22 SO, 0 SV

Aaron McKeithan–-Cardinals (Tulane) 36 G, .237 BA, .359 OBP, 3 HR, 21 RBI, 1 SB

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

Todd Peterson—Nationals (LSU) 14 G, 1-2, 5.31 ERA, 20.1 IP, 17 SO, 1 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)

Tyree Thompson–Braves (Karr HS) 8 G, 0-0, 2.63 ERA, 13.2 IP, 13 SO, 0 SV

Japanese League

Kyle Keller–-Hanshin (Jesuit, Southeastern) 11 G, 1-0, 2.53 ERA, 10.2 IP, 12 SO, 0 SV