So, I hinted at this in my Jasson Dominguez fantasy once I referred to as him my high rookie for 2025 fantasy baseball. I mentioned Itch gave me two rookies to select from for the highest 2025 fantasy baseball prospect and it was between a hitter and pitcher for him. He sided with Jackson Jobe. I went Jasson Dominguez, however he was not the hitter Itch gave me (I’ll get to who that was within the subsequent day or so). After the season we simply noticed from Paul Skenes, I can’t say I fully hate the concept of a pitcher being the highest rookie. Itch could possibly be proper and me, a belly-itcher. There was no high rookies who have been pitchers within the final decade plus, previous to Skenes. Looks like yearly the Braves put a Shroud of Touki on a rookie pitcher and so they carry out properly — Ian Anderson anybody? By the by, Ian Anderson is now out of baseball and performing puppet reveals at bar mitzvahs as The Nice Touki Toussaint, and the actual Touki sued him. What a large number, huh? Hope they’ll work it out. Any hoo! Rookie pitchers within the final decade? Perhaps solely Skenes reached that mountaintop, however there have been some who have been strong — Devin Williams was fairly candy. I loved Shota Imanaga. Kodai Senga the 12 months earlier than? Yamamoto? Yummers when wholesome–Okay, all Asian imported pitchers. Sixto was as soon as good, for a 12 months. Dustin Might was strong. Jesus Luzardo was nice. Okay, so each rookie starter, who isn’t an import from Asian, overextends themselves their rookie season, and might’t pitch ever once more. My level is Jackson Jobe has the chances towards him to be the highest rookie for 2025 fantasy baseball, however, for the reason that Tigers have already referred to as him up, he’s over that, probably the most pesky of hurdles, will he break camp? (By the by, the pesky hurdle isn’t a pole. Bizarre, proper?) With that hurdle behind Jobe, I’m completely . So, what can we anticipate from Jackson Jobe for 2025 fantasy baseball?
First off, let’s have a look at some Jackson Jobe highlights (see ya on the opposite aspect!):
Jackson Jobe, hey!
This changeup is staggering.
First huge league strikeout for MLB’s top-ranked pitching prospect.@tigers | @MLB pic.twitter.com/YDcwRrkzUz
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) September 28, 2024
I admittedly gasped after that. Right here’s one other:
After placing out 81 batters in 73 2/3 innings at Double-A, Jackson Jobe is bringing extra whiffs to the very best degree of the Minors.
MLB’s high pitching prospect (@tigers) unleashes a nasty changeup to select up his first Okay for the Triple-A @MudHens: pic.twitter.com/wErrH7piN3
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) September 14, 2024
Okay, honest to ask why is that change working so properly. Right here ya go:
Jackson Jobe, 101 mph, 102 mph and 101 mph. ? pic.twitter.com/kGG3fDwPvp
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) March 12, 2024
Go house, bro, you’re sick, and is likely to be contagious. I normally persist with the Rule of Three for the clips, however I want to indicate yet one more:
Jackson Jobe, Unfair 3 Pitch Okay Sequence.
96mph Cutter & 2 86mph changeups.
Merely mind-blowing stuff from this 21 12 months previous. ? pic.twitter.com/k0S6pd3d8t
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) March 12, 2024
Goofy. Now, for the much less good, or no less than complicated, he wasn’t that good in Double-A. In 73 2/3 IP, he had a 9.9 Okay/9 and 4.6 BB/9. I wouldn’t need that within the majors, neglect Double-A. The ERA was high-quality (1.95), however that was off a .227 BABIP. My guess is you throw that nasty and nobody is making strong contact, so the BABIP isn’t totally fortunate. He solely allowed two homers in Double-A for a 0.24 HR/9, as a result of nobody was squaring him up. He would possibly’ve been engaged on stuff, or quite “his stuff.” That’s why I wouldn’t put a ton on his numbers.
Nobody goes to be Skenes, so that is unfair, however he had one thing like a 15+ Okay/9 within the minors. If Jobe is 9.9 Okay/9 in Double-A is he 7.8-8.2 Okay/9 within the majors? That will be my guess, which is a bit bleh. Because the stuff is not possible to barrel, he ought to be high-quality for an Ian Anderson sort rookie 12 months, which was nice. Ian went 8.7 Okay/9, 3.58 ERA in 128 1/3 IP. That doesn’t imply puppet reveals are in Jobe’s future both. I’m simply saying please don’t anticipate Skenes. There is just one Skenes. He’s the 2nd greatest starter in all of baseball after one 12 months. That’s irregular. Nobody else is doing that within the rapid future. If Jobe will get hit in Spring Coaching, he won’t even break camp. That’s seemingly solely at a ten% chance, nevertheless it’s there. I don’t see Tarik Skubal, half 2, i.e., Tworik Deuxbal. I see Ian Anderson, half 2, name him Iam Jobe. For 2025, I’ll give Jackson Jobe projections of 8-8/3.47/1.29/122 in 134 IP with an opportunity for extra.
