Brandon Larson was the CWS MVP in 1997 after hitting 40 home runs during the season. He was the 14th player drafted in the first round. He only played in a total of 109 games over 4 seasons for Cincinnati and had a batting average of .179 and 8 career home runs. His career earnings were $626,000. He played in his last MLB game at the age of 28 in 2004. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/larsobr01.shtml
Larson was not the NCAA home run leader in 1997. Lance Berkman of Rice hit 41. Berkman is the same age as Larson but he got to the Astros in 1999 and stayed in the big leagues until 2013. His career earnings were $124,005,000.
http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=211643292 Had a feeling it wasn't good. Eric Walker to miss 2018
Huge blow to this teams hopes for next year. 2019 was gonna be their next real shot anyhow. Hopefully Walker comes back throwing harder as often happens with tj surgery. CPM can stop with the leaving Hess in the pen now.