Jackson Jobe’s development hinges on his electric arsenal

BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN via Imagn Content Services, LLCThe specter of the player drafted one spot behind him will hang over Jackson Jobe until he proves that he was worthy of being taken third overall by the Tigers in the 2021 MLB draft. Detroit’s front office certainly seems to think that he’s something special; they must, in order to have committed such an immense amount of draft capital in him. History has shown that betting big on high school pitchers is a dodgy proposition. Combined with the consensus around prep shortstop prospect Marcelo Mayer pre-draft and there was a fair amount of vitriol spouted when Jobe was made a Tiger.

The fact is that Jobe is one heck of a good prospect.…