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Detroit Tigers: Why you can’t sell Jackson Jobe short

Heritage Hall's Jackson Jobe scores a run past Evan Anderson of Verdigris during a Class 4A baseball state tournament championship game between Heritage Hall and Verdigris in Shawnee, Okla., Saturday, May 15, 2021. Lx13916

The Detroit Tigers took high schooler, Jackson Jobe, with the third pick overall in the first round of the 2021 MLB Draft but the pitchforks were out in full force.

I am a data-driven person when it comes to baseball information and sometimes I also look at a player and have an old fashion “feeling” about one. My logic is flawed and I admit, being a baseball co-expert here, you have to make sure you live up to that billing when it comes to discussions about the Detroit Tigers.