And you thought the 2024 Detroit Tigers’ wild card run has been fun so far.
The team announced on Monday afternoon that they are promoting Jackson Jobe, the No. 6 overall prospect and best pitching prospect according to MLB Pipeline. FanGraphs is slightly more bullish on the right-hander, listing him at “only” No. 15 overall and No. 2 among pitchers.
Jobe started the season in Double-A Erie, where he threw 73 2⁄3 innings with the SeaWolves with 81 strikeouts to 38 walks (9.9 and 4.64 per nine, respectively). He allowed just two home runs in that span and drew cries from fans to promote the star prospect, especially when the Tigers’ pitching rotation more represented a patchwork quilt than a real MLB rotation in July and August.