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Detroit Tigers prospect Jackson Jobe completes rehab assignment, returns to Double-A Erie

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Detroit Free Press

CINCINNATI — Detroit Tigers prospect Jackson Jobe has completed his rehab assignment.

The 21-year-old flamethrower has returned to Double-A Erie, been activated from the injured list and is scheduled to start Friday for the SeaWolves at UPMC Park in Erie, Pennsylvania. He completed three rehab starts with High-A West Michigan in his recovery from a left hamstring strain.

Jobe suffered the left hamstring strain May 1, then spent more than two months on the injured list leading up to Friday's return. The right-hander ranks as the top pitching prospect in baseball, according to MLB Pipeline.

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Detroit Tigers right-hander Jackson Jobe pitches for Double-A Erie in the 2024 season.

Before the injury, Jobe posted a 2.16 ERA with 10 walks and 24 strikeouts across 16⅔ innings in five starts for Double-A Erie. He hadn't completed more than four innings in a single start.

Jobe, who turns 22 on July 30, registered a 2.00 ERA with two walks and eight strikeouts across nine innings in three starts with High-A West Michigan. He competed two innings on 29 pitches June 18, three innings on 32 pitches June 23 and four innings on 60 pitches June 29.

He threw a career-high 90 pitches on Aug. 30, 2023.

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The Tigers selected Jobe with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 draft. He also missed several months with a back injury last season, in which he had a 2.82 ERA with 11 walks and 103 strikeouts across 79⅔ innings in 20 starts.

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