Players with baseball pedigrees are drafted each year. It usually occurs in the later rounds, when teams can comfortably pay homage to former players without sacrificing a potentially valuable pick.
So when the Yankees selected Mariano Rivera's son, Mariano Rivera III (who goes by the name Rivera Jr.), in the 29th round of the 2014 Draft, it was fair to assume the franchise was merely honoring its legendary closer, who had retired following the '13 season.
Rivera, however, chose to return to Iona College rather than sign with the Yankees, a decision which laid the groundwork for his breakout junior campaign and led to his selection by the Nationals in the fourth round of the 2015 Draft.