Kevin Biondic signs contract with Red Sox

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Former utility player Kevin Biondic signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox, Maryland baseball announced Friday afternoon on Twitter. Biondic is the third Terp this year to sign a professional contract, joining fifth-round draft selection Nick Dunn (St. Louis) and 22nd-rounder Marty Costes (Houston).

The Illinois native earned Big Ten second team honors this season as a utility player after transforming into a two-way player in the offseason. Biondic hit six homers with 24 RBIs as a first baseman, but also had a 2.59 ERA in 24.1 innings on the mound.

He made the first relief appearance before any other pitcher on the roster in 2018, pitching a scoreless eighth inning in Maryland’s season-opening win on the road against Tennessee. He went on to pitch in the third-most games out of the bullpen, as he held hitters to a slim .198 batting average.

Along with his solid ERA, Biondic struck out more than one batter per inning and allowed just 6.3 hits per nine innings. He also finished second on the team this season with two saves, trailing only John Murphy who had four.

Biondic missed a Friday night game this season against Nebraska — the only game he didn’t play in all season — to take the Chicago Police Academy entrance exam. Becoming a police officer has been a career goal, but now he’ll have the opportunity to extend his athletic career in Boston’s minor league system first.

Feature photo courtesy of UM Terps.