Former LSU Pitcher Carson Baranik Is a Cajun

Former Fr. LSU RHP Carson Baranik has joined the UL Baseball program as a mid-term transfer. Baranik is currently enrolled at Miami Dade Junior College.

Former LSU P Carson Baranik (6-3,205) will join the UL program as a mid-term transfer according to sources cloes to the UL program tonight. The Parkway HS graduate was suspended from the LSU team last Feb. after an OUI arrest.

Baranik, a right-hander, was drafted in the 41st round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft by the Cincinnati Reds but decided to enroll at LSU.

He was an all-district and all-city selection as a senior, posting a 4-1 record with three complete games, a 1.70 ERA in 37 innings and 57 strikeouts.

Baranik received his release from LSU and will play this spring at Miami Dade Junior College where he is project as the #1 starter.

Note the NCAA prohibits mid-term transfers from being automatically eligible in college baseball.