His bank account was officially fattened Friday by $6.9 million, which agent Scott Boras and the Tigers settled upon 12 days after Jackson Jobe had been drafted by Detroit.
Thus, Jobe, officially, was an 18-year-old professional baseball player when he appeared late Friday afternoon, wearing a lavender golf shirt during a Zoom interview with Detroit media.
“I’m here right now,” he said, speaking from Lakeland, Florida, and the TigerTown complex where he’ll be stationed for the next two months. “I landed Monday (flight from Oklahoma City). I’ve been able to meet everybody, see what everything’s like.