Just one day after his team’s elimination from the NCAA postseason, LSU junior pitcher Anthony Ranaudo received a bit of good news.Ranaudo was selected by the Boston Red Sox in compensation round A of the 2010 MLB Draft on Monday night. He was the 39th overall pick and the seventh pick of the compensation round, which is designed to compensate teams that have lost players to free agency.Ranaudo, a Jackson, N.J., native, finished the 2010 season with a 5-3 record and a 7.32 ERA after battling a stress reaction injury.The first night of the draft also saw three LSU prospects leave the board in second baseman Delino Deshields Jr., as well as pitchers Zach Lee and Cam Bedrosian.Deshields was drafted eighth overall by the Houston Astros. Lee and Bedrosian were selected back to back by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels, respectively, as the 28th and 29th picks.Deshields and Bedrosian are projected members of LSU’s 2011 baseball class, while Lee is slated to join the LSU football team as a quarterback this fall.”A club generally retains the rights to sign a selected player until 11:59 PM August 15, or until the player enters, or returns to, a four-year college on a full-time basis,” according to the MLB’s official draft rules.
 
 
 
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