Sophomore left-hander Christian Pelaez is out for the fall and has decided to transfer to Miami Dade College at the end of the semester, according to LSU coach Paul Mainieri.
Pelaez has been out for the majority of fall practice suffering from shoulder pain and was out all last season due to arm surgery.
“He’s going to go to junior college in Miami and hopefully get an opportunity there to play,” Mainieri said. “He’s just so far behind everybody else that he’s just not going to get much of an opportunity, so I think that he feels his best chance to resurrect his career at a junior college.”
The Miami, Florida, native came to LSU as a three-time high school varsity MVP at Florida Christian High School. He was also a Rawlings and Under Armour Preseason All-American in high school.