Loup was born in Raceland, Louisiana, on December 19, 1987. When he was younger, his father and grandfather had the largest influence on his baseball glove, and he says it was “just all baseball all the time” with “a little football.”
“My dad had me in the backyard almost every day—or at least it seemed that way when I was 13,” Loup said. “I was always doing something, whether it was pitching off the mound or hitting in the cage.
I wanted to play baseball and knew that I needed to work hard to get there. As a kid, I needed to be reminded of that sometimes.”
Loup was a baseball player at Hahnville High School, where he guided the Fighting Tigers to four appearances in the state playoffs.
He threw a complete-game no-hitter against Terrebonne High School as a sophomore.
He subsequently went to Tulane University, where he majored in graphic design and played baseball for the Tulane Green Wave from freshman to junior year when the Toronto Blue Jays picked him.
He had a 4.37 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 35 innings as a freshman with the Green Wave. He pitched a flawless inning of relief on April 26, 2008, and had a 5.66 ERA in 472/3 innings as a sophomore.
He played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League after the 2008 season. He had thrown 571/3 innings before being drafted in his junior year.
How Much Does Aaron Loup Make?
Aaron Loup has an annual salary of $8,500,000 on average. Loup will be paid a base salary of $7,500,000 in 2022.