Day 2 of the 2014 Draft was a veritable senior-palooza, particularly in rounds 6-10 after the remaining higher-end talent had come off the board. A total of 69 college seniors were taken on Friday, a bit of an uptick following the two that were taken on Thursday night.

Asked if it has reached the point where Rendon is the future third baseman for the Nationals, Zimmerman said he hasn’t thought about it, but he realizes that it has been difficult playing the position the last two-plus seasons because of shoulder problems.

Florida high schools have figured prominently in the first two days of the First-Year Player Draft, with 10 prep stars from the state taken in the first four rounds, including Olympia High School shortstop Nick Gordon going fifth overall to the Twins Coral Springs right-hander Touki Toussaint going 16th to the D-backs.

After Hector Rondon gave up a lead in the ninth, Anthony Rizzo hit a game-winning homer in the 13th to lift the Cubs to a 5-3 win over the Marlins on Friday at Wrigley Field.

Second baseman Jedd Gyorko was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday with plantar fasciitis, confirming a move that had been expected since Gyorko sat out Wednesday’s game against the Pirates.

The second day of the Draft, Rounds 3-10, featured a run on college players on Friday, beginning with Cal-State Fullerton’s J.D. Davis going 75th overall to the Astros. But prep stars were well represented, as were school teammates and players with familial ties to the Majors.

Joe Maddon knows it will be “very emotional” Saturday afternoon when the Rays honor the life of Don Zimmer in a special ceremony at Tropicana Field prior to their game against the Mariners.

Two more Urban Youth Academy players were taken in the first three rounds of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, continuing the organization’s recent trend of producing early-round Draft picks.

Johan Santana’s comeback effort has been stalled for at least the remainder of this season. The left-hander tore his Achilles tendon during an extended spring training game in Sarasota, Fla., on Friday, and will miss the remainder of the season.

The third and final day of the Draft takes place on Saturday, with Rounds 11-40. And, while the majority of the top names have already been selected, it’s not uncommon to find future stars so deep in the proceedings, as was the case with Albert Pujols and Jake Peavy.

The surnames are often the same, but the first names are different. In the first two days of the 2014 Draft, prospects related to former, or even current, Major Leagues have been selected. Others remain on the board.

The Orioles continued to spend their top selections of the 2014 Draft on pitchers, taking Notre Dame righty Pat Connaughton with their fourth-round pick. Connaughton, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound two-sport athlete, is ranked as the No. 112 player in the Draft by MLB.com.

View pick-by-selections of first two rounds and two Competitive Balance rounds of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft.

A Mariners team looking to add offensive punch found a perfect match in Thursday’s First-Year Player Draft, landing San Diego prep standout Alex Jackson with the sixth overall pick in the first round.

A pair of high school arms were picked at the top of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft for the first time in history on Thursday night, with the Astros and Marlins both banking on youth and projectability.

Rookie catcher J.T. Realmuto, making his Major League debut, delivered two hits and drove in three runs and Giancarlo Stanton belted his National League-leading 17th home run of the season Thursday as the Marlins won their 12th Interleague game in a row, 11-6, over the reeling Tampa Bay Rays, who have now lost 10 straight.

For the second time in three years, the Astros selected a 17-year-old with the top pick in the First-Year Player Draft. The Astros on Thursday tabbed left-handed pitcher Brady Aiken from Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego with the top pick, making it the second year in a row the club took a pitcher with the first selection.