BATON ROUGE — LSU baseball signee Jonathan de Vries of Irvine (Calif.) High School has signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox.
De Vries, a power-hitting catcher, was Boston’s third-round selection last month in the Major League Baseball draft.
He became the third of eight drafted LSU signees to sign with a major league organization. Outfielder Chamar McDonald of Madison, Miss. (Royals) and outfielder Austin Nagle of Barbe High School in Lake Charles, La. (Athletics) signed pro contracts last month.
The remaining LSU signees selected in the 2001 draft are catcher Jonathan Zeringue of E.D. White High School in Thibodaux, La. (Chicago White Sox, third round); outfielder Jay Mattox of Conway, Ark. (Chicago White Sox, fourth round); pitcher Billy Simon of Wellington, Fla. (Boston Red Sox, ninth round); pitcher Chad Gaudin of Crescent City High School in Harahan, La. (Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 34th round); and pitcher Jason Vargas of Apple Valley, Calif. (Minnesota Twins, 43rd round).