But Jobe, 22, really hasn’t done that since a 40-inning stint at West Michigan in 2023. He walked 12.7 percent of batters at Double-A Erie. He was fine during very brief end-of-season stints with Toledo and Detroit but did nothing to suggest that he was ready to take the league by storm in the same way Skenes did in 2024.

The Tigers found their man on Sunday night, inking right-handed pitcher Jack Flaherty to a two-year contract. It now appears that there are four spots in the rotation taken, and a big battle is brewing for the No.