The MLB draft wrapped up Monday night after 20 rounds and 615 picks.

Four local players were selected, including two from the University of Utah, one from Salt Lake Community College and one from BYU.

Utah’s Core Jackson was the first local player off the board, selected by the New York Yankees in the fifth round with the No. 164 pick.

Jackson starred at Utah for two seasons at shortstop, earning first-team all-conference selections in the Pac-12 and Big 12. He batted .364 in 2025, hitting 12 home runs, driving in 44 runs and hitting 19 doubles.

Nine rounds later, another Ute came off the board in pitcher Merit Jones, who was selected by the Minnesota Twins with the No. 419 pick.

Jones started 14 games for Utah, posting a 6.95 ERA and a 4-6 record. He struck out 58 batters during his 79 innings pitched this season for the Utes. He ended his time with Utah ranking No. 10 in career strikeouts with 175.

Pitcher Jaxon Grossman from Salt Lake Community College went 56 selections later to the Texas Rangers. Grossman, who began his career at Utah in 2023, had a 5.15 ERA over 50.2 innings pitched, with 55 strikeouts. He allowed just two home runs this season.

BYU pitcher Garrison Sumner rounded out Utah ties in this year’s MLB draft after being selected with pick No. 598 by the Boston Red Sox.

Sumner, who pitched at Utah in 2023 and Salt Lake Community College in 2024, had an 8.32 ERA and went 3-3 in 2025 for the Cougars. He struck out 60 batters in 61.2 innings pitched for BYU this season.

TROPIC, Utah — For over 40 years, Canyon Trail Rides, a family-run business based in southern Utah, has been a beloved fixture at the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

“I started this business in 1983, and it’s been a really good business,” said company founder Paul Mangum.

Paul began offering mule rides in Zion and Bryce Canyon in 1973, expanding to the North Rim a decade later.

However, on July 4, everything changed when lightning sparked the Dragon Bravo Fire.

“The smoke was so thick you could hardly breathe,” said Paul’s son, Tawn Mangum.

On July 11, the Mangums evacuated their mules and staff and shut down operations at the North Rim.

“We take 70 to 80 people a day from May to October, and we’re shut down,” Tawn said. “I don’t know what we’re going to do.”

The fire has burned over 5,700 acres and destroyed dozens of structures — including the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, the only hotel on the North Rim, along with the visitor center and employee housing.

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It’s the second time the lodge has burned since it was built in 1927; the first fire was a kitchen fire that damaged it in 1932.

Even though the North Rim sees only 10 percent of the park’s visitors, it’s home for the Mangums.

“I met my wife there, raised our three kids there. It’s our second home,” Tawn said.

With the fire still burning, the future of Canyon Trail Rides at the Grand Canyon’s north rim is uncertain.

“It’s real sad,” Paul said. “What I feel most bad about is my employees, because they’re out of a job now.”