For months, Detroit Tigers fans had basically accepted that Jackson Jobe was a 2027 problem — that Tommy John surgery after just 10 electric rookie starts meant a full lost season in 2026.
But then Scott Harris casually dropped at the Winter Meetings that Detroit expects Jobe back in the rotation at some point in 2026, with AJ Hinch backing it up. That’s not optimism. That’s a plan.
Then Jobe posted himself throwing on Instagram — “first day testing out the new UCL” — and suddenly the future doesn’t feel so far away.