The Nationals selected Ryan Ripken, the son of Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr., in the 15th round of the MLB draft Saturday.

The younger Ripken is a 6-foot-6, 230-pound first baseman from Indian River State College in Florida. The lefty hitter batted .321 with one homer and 24 RBIs in 42 games this season after transferring from South Carolina, where he did not make the roster and redshirted.

"I think it's great for Ryan to get a chance to go and play," manager Matt Williams said before the Nationals played at San Diego. 

Another Mariano Rivera may one day be wearing pinstripes in New York, according to an ESPN.com report.

With the 872nd pick in the baseball draft on Saturday, the Yankees drafted Mariano Rivera III, the son of the legendary reliever, whose fastball has already been clocked in the low 90s.

Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel was selected by the Padres in the 28th round of the MLB draft Saturday, the 837th player taken. Manziel was listed as a shortstop for Texas A&M, although he never played for the Aggies as he focused on football.

Manziel, the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy in 2012, was taken by the Browns with the 22nd overall pick in the NFL draft last month.

The sons of Lenny Dykstra and Charlie Leibrandt were among the players selected during the second day of the MLB draft, according to an ESPN.com report on Friday.

Luke Dykstra, an infielder at Westlake High School in suburban Los Angeles, was drafted in the seventh round by the Braves.

Florida State left-hander Brandon Leibrandt went in the sixth round to the Phillies. 

Michael Chavis, who the Boston Red Sox drafted with the 26th overall pick in Thursday night's First-Year Player Draft, believes the club will move him to third base.

Chavis was a shortstop at Sprayberry Senior High School in Georgia this past season. He hit .489 with 14 home runs and had 22 stolen bases on his way to being named the state's Gatorade Player of the Year.

"I think I'm going to get moved to third, if I had to guess, but I'm open to playing anywhere as long as I'm playing baseball," he said of Boston's plan for him.

Chavis also believes his game is well-suited for Fenway Park.

"I'm a right-handed power hitter and they got a short porch in left field, so hopefully that'll do a little something," he said.

In drafting the Marietta native, the Red Sox have made the entire Chavis family Boston fans. He grew up one of the few rooting for both the Red Sox and Yankees.

"I grew up split between the Yankees and the Red Sox because half of my mom's side loves the Red Sox and half loves the Yankees," said Chavis, who added that his entire family will now root for Boston.

Each of the first three picks in Thursday night's Major League Baseball draft were pitchers.

The Houston Astros took high school left-hander Brady Aiken, the Miami Marlins selected high school right-hander Tyler Kolek and the Chicago White Sox drafted N.C. State left-hander Carlos Rodon with the first three picks, respectively.

The Chicago Cubs broke the trend by selecting Indiana catcher/outfielder Kyle Schwarber with the No. 4 pick.

The last time the draft began with at least three pitchers was 2011, when the first four selections were hurlers.

It's only the second time since 1965 that a position player wasn't taken among the first three picks.

We are live from the MLB Network Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey for the first few rounds of Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft.

Follow along on RealGMBaseball.com and our RealGM Baseball twitter page for updates as the night progresses.

There will be 74 players selected on Thursday night, comprised of the first two rebounds and two competitive balances groupings. The order of picks will be as follows:

First Round

1. Houston Astros – Brady Aiken, LHP, Cathedral Catholic H.S. (CA)

2. Miami Marlins – Tyler Kolek, RHP, Shepherd H.S. (TX)

3. Chicago White Sox – Carlos Rodon, LHP, N.C. State

4. Chicago Cubs – Kyle Schwarber, C, Indiana

5. Minnesota Twins – Nick Gordon, SS, Olympia H.S. (FL)

6. Seattle Mariners – Alex Jackson, C/OF, Rancho Bernardo H.S. (CA)

7. Philadelphia Phillies – Aaron Nola, RHP, LSU

8. Colorado Rockies – Kyle Freeland, RHP, Evansville

9. Toronto Blue Jays – Jeff Hoffman, RHP, East Carolina

10. New York Mets – Michael Conforto, OF, Oregon State

11. Toronto Blue Jays (P. Bickford, unsigned) – Max Pentecost, C, Kennesaw State

12. Milwaukee Brewers – Kodi Medeiros, LHP, Waiakea H.S. (HI)

13. San Diego Padres – Trea Turner, SS, N.C. State

14. San Francisco Giants – Tyler Beede, RHP, Vanderbilt

15. Los Angeles Angels – Sean Newcomb, LHP, Hartford

16. Arizona Diamondbacks – Touki Toussaint, RHP, Coral Springs Christian Academy (FL)

17. Kansas City Royals – Brandon Finnegan, LHP, TCU

18. Washington Nationals – Erick Fedde, RHP, UNLV

19. Cincinnati Reds – Nick Howard, RHP, Virginia

20. Tampa Bay Rays – Casey Gillaspie, 1B, Wichita State

21. Cleveland Indians – Bradley Zimmer, OF, San Francisco

22. Los Angeles Dodgers – Grant Holmes, RHP, Conway HS (SC)

23. Detroit Tigers – Derek Hill, OF, Oak Grove HS (CA)

24. Pittsburgh Pirates – Cole Tucker, SS, Mountain Pointe HS (AZ)

25. Oakland Athletics – Matt Chapman, 3B, Call State Fullerton

26. Boston Red Sox – Michael Chavis, SS, Sprayberry HS (GA)

27. St. Louis Cardinals –Luke Weaver, RHP, Florida State

28. Kansas City Royals (Ervin Santana) – Foster Griffin, LHP, The First Academy (FL)

29. Cincinnati Reds (Shin-Soo Choo) – Alex Blandino, SS, Stanford

30. Texas Rangers (Nelson Cruz) – Luis Ortiz, Sanger HS (CA)

31. Cleveland Indians (Ubaldo Jimenez) – Justus Sheffield, LHP, Tullahoma HS (TN)

32. Atlanta Braves (Brian McCann) – Braxton Davidson, OF, T.C. Roberson HS (NC)

33. Boston Red Sox (Jacoby Ellsbury) – Michael Kopech, RHP, Mt. Pleasant HS (TX)

34. St. Louis Cardinals (Carlos Beltran) – Jack Flaherty, RHP, Harvard-Westlake School (CA)

Competitive Balance Round A

35. Colorado Rockies –Forrest Wall, 2B, Orangewood Christian HS (FL)

36. Miami Marlins (M. Krook, unsigned) –Blake Anderson, C, West Lauderdale HS (MS)

37. Houston Astros (from the Orioles) – Derek Fisher, OF, Virginia

38. Cleveland Indians – Mike Papi, OF, Virginia

39. Pittsburgh Pirates (from the Marlins) - Connor Joe, OF, San Diego

40. Kansas City Royals – Chase Vallot, C, St. Thomas More Catholic (LA)

41. Milwaukee Brewers – Jacob Gatewood, SS, Clovis HS (CA)

Second Round

42. Houston Astros – A.J. Reed, 1B, Kentucy

43. Miami Marlins – Justin Twine, SS, Falls City HS

44. Chicago White Sox - Spencer Adams, RHP, White County HS

45. Chicago Cubs – Jake Stinnett, RHP, Maryland

46. Minnesota Twins – Nick Burdi, RHP, Louisville

47. Philadelphia Phillies – Matt Imhof, LHP, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

48. Colorado Rockies – Ryan Castellani, RHP, Brophy Jesuit Prep School

49. Toronto Blue Jays – Sean Reid-Foley, RHP, Sandalwood HS

50. Milwaukee Brewers – Monte Harrison, OF, Lee's Summit West HS

51. San Diego Padres – Michael Gettys, OF, Gainesville HS

52. San Francisco Giants – Aramis Garcia, C, Florida International

53. Los Angeles Angels – Joe Gatto, RHP, St. Augustine Prep

54. Arizona Diamondbacks – Cody Reed, LHP, Ardmore HS

55. New York Yankees – Jacob Lindgren, LHP, Mississippi State

56. Kansas City Royals – Scott Blewett, RHP, Baker HS

57. Washington Nationals – Andrew Suarez, LHP, Miami

58. Cincinnati Reds – Taylor Sparks, 3B, Cal-Irvine

59. Texas Rangers – Tiquan Forbes, SS, Columbia HS

60. Tampa Bay Rays – Cameron Varga, RHP, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy

61. Cleveland Indians – Grant Hockin, RHP, Damien HS

62. Los Angeles Dodgers – Alex Verdugo, OF, Sahuaro HS

63. Detroit Tigers – Spencer Turnbull, RHP, Alabama

64. Pittsburgh Pirates – Mitch Keller, RHP, Xavier HS

65. Oakland Athletics – Daniel Gossett, RHP, Clemson

66. Atlanta Braves – Garrett Fulenchek, RHP, Howe HS

67. Boston Red Sox – San Travis, 1B, Indiana

68. St. Louis Cardinals – Ronnie Williams, RHP, American Senior HS

Competitive Balance Round B

69. Arizona Diamondbacks (from the Padres) – Marcus Wilson, OF, Junipero Serra HS

70. Arizona Diamondbacks –Isan Diaz, SS, Springfield Central HS

71. St. Louis Cardinals – Andrew Morales, RHP, Cal-Irvine

72. Tampa Bay Rays – Brent Honeywell, RHP, Walters State CC

73. Pittsburgh Pirates – Trey Supak, RHP, La Grange HS

74. Seattle Mariners – Gareth Morgan, OF, Blyth Academy

The Pirates today traded right-handed pitcher Bryan Morris to the Marlins. In exchange for Morris, Pittsburgh will receive Miami’s 39th overall selection (competitive balance A) in this year’s First-Year Player Draft on Thursday. The announcement was made by Pirates Senior VP, GM Neal Huntington.

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“We feel this trade will have a positive impact on our organization in the short, moderate and long term,” said Huntington. “In the short term, this trade will add a quality prospect to our system that will enhance our ability to make additional pros- pect for major league player type deals while helping us to better sustain crucial prospect depth. Additionally, we feel we have made this move from a position of strength as we have kept our core bullpen intact. In the moderate and long term, we add an additional first-round talent that we project to play a significant role on future Pirates’ teams.”

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Pittsburgh will now have 42 selections in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, including four of the first 73 (numbers 24, 39, 64 and 73 entering today).

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The Pirates will make a corresponding move to replace Morris on the 25-man active roster prior to tonight’s game in Los Angeles.