Did the Tigers do the right thing by using Jackson Jobe in the playoffs?
On Wednesday afternoon, the Detroit Tigers continued their incredible run by posting a 5-2 victory and sweeping the American League West champion Houston Astros out of the AL wild-card round. While much of the focus of the game will be on Detroit's eighth-inning comeback that resulted in four runs and erased a 2-1 Houston lead, eventually handing the Tigers the victory, it is also hard to overlook the only moments of the game where the Astros showed signs of life at the plate.Jackson Jobe, the top pitching prospect in the Tigers' farm system, was called upon in the seventh inning with...
How Detroit Tigers top prospect Jackson Jobe fared in Game 4 of ALDS vs Guardians
Jackson Jobe entered a pressure-packed situation in Game 4 of the ALDS, facing the middle of the Cleveland Guardians' lineup. And Jobe, the Detroit Tigers' rookie pitching phenom and top prospect, did his job to keep the Guardians in check in the eighth inning Thursday at Comerica Park. Jobe entered with the Tigers...
Jackson Jobe slams door shut on another Tigers win in impressive MLB debut
The Tigers called up MLB's top pitching prospect (No. 6 overall) Jackson Jobe on Tuesday in an out-of-nowhere bombshell move. He'd just been promoted to Triple-A a few weeks before, but that isn't even what made it most surprising. The Tigers are in the middle of an epic playoff push, and taking a chance on an untested prospect, as good as he's been in the minors this year, was a huge leap of faith.
Top Tigers pitching prospect Jackson Jobe impresses in MLB debut
Jackson Jobe's journey to the major leagues has been anything but conventional. The Detroit Tigers' prized pitching prospect, drafted third overall out of high school in 2021, made his MLB debut Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. Jobe pitched a scoreless ninth inning in the Tigers' 7-1 victory, which inched the club closer to a wild-card berth. Jackson Jobe's first Major League game and he closes the door on another @Tigers win pic.twitter.com/BjZjkbj29K— MLB (@MLB) September 26, 2024 Jobe was expected to need significant developmental time. Yet here he is, donning the Tigers' uniform in the heat of a playoff race...