Heritage Hall players, including Jackson Jobe, center holding trophy, celebrate after the Class 4A baseball state tournament championship game between Heritage Hall and Verdigris in Shawnee, Okla., Saturday, May 15, 2021. Lx11911
With the 3rd overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft the Detroit Tigers selected Jackson Jobe, a right-handed pitcher from Heritage Hall High Schook in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Jobe started landing with Detroit in mocks about six weeks ago, and since then the buzz has only grown stronger. Roughly a week before the draft the pendulum seemed to swing toward Georgia prep shortstop Brady House, but in draft-day mocks from both Baseball America ($) and FanGraphs Jobe was Detroit’s selection.