Jul 20 2022 08:44 PM
The Mets' 15th-round draft pick took them back to HS after seven straight college selections. But this one, Jackson Jaha, thirdbaseman out of Clackamas HS in Oregon, may have some incentive to go right into the pro game, being the son of 10-year MLB firstbaseman John Jaha.
Dad had seasons of 34 and 35 homers in there, with 118 and 111 RBI in there. Yeah, he was pretty much a platoon guy in most of his other years, but a little talent in the family is always nice.
Clackamas sounds like an old-timey Christian feast day, but it's an Oregon County named after the Clackamas Native American people, so that's cool.
Also cool: Jackson was drafted on his 19th birthday.
The 10th-rounder was Duke pitcher Jimmy Loper, which briefly shook me, with my eyes initially reading his name as "Looper." I knew Braden had at least one son from back in the day, but then I refocused and counted only one O. Jimmy is not a Braden relative at all!!
Braden's actual son, Landen Loper, is a 6'4" 
I hope Landen gets back on the field and follows his father into the big leagues. That way, we'll be able to say that there's still an active player who played at Shea.
Was Armitron's tagline really "Armitron Armitron Armitron"?
