Opinion

Player: Mariano Rivera III

Position: RHP

DOB: 10/4/1993 (Age: 21)

Height/Weight: 5'11", 155 lbs

Bats/Throws: R/R

School: Iona

Previously Drafted: 2014 (29th round, NYY)

Player: Michael Matuella

Position: RHP

DOB: 6/3/1994 (Age: 21)

Height/Weight: 6'7", 220 lbs

Bats/Throws: R/R

School: Duke

Previously Drafted: N/A (not drafted out of high school)

Background

The 2015 MLB draft continues on Tuesday with seven more rounds. Shortstops were the name of the game on the first day of selections, with players from that key position occupying the first three slots and several more throughout the first two rounds.

It often takes years for prospects to make an impact in Major League Baseball, but there is no question that several teams improved their future outlook significantly during Monday's first round of the 2015 MLB draft.

The first day of the Major League Baseball draft is where stars come from, but it's on the second day, featuring Rounds 2-10, when all of the scouting work can take a franchise from the doldrums to a championship. 

Jose Fernandez is still learning how to make a deliberate comeback. 

With the first day of the 2015 MLB draft having come and gone, baseball fans are now looking ahead to the future and asking some big questions regarding their favorite team's top picks.

The MLB draft especially lends itself to a more forward-thinking, inquisitive mindset since it will at least another two or three years before a lot of the big names start hitting the majors.

It takes a special kind of Mets fan to stream a Binghamton Mets game in the Pacific Northwest while it’s sunny outside. 

Every day that passes is another day closer to the July 31 trade deadline. For the first time in what seems like ages, the Houston Astros are shaping up to be buyers, not sellers, as that time approaches.

It is already June, and the Houston Astros still have the best record in the American League. After years of trading veterans in exchange for young prospects, the shoe is finally on the other foot.

The 2015 MLB draft class is loaded with pitching talent. The deep group features both college and high school arms, and at a time when an organization can't have enough depth on the mound, the hurlers are probably going to fall off the board in Round 1.