Mack's Mock Pick # 37 - RHP - Jackson Jobe

 

Jackson Jobe  

Mack's spin - 

If Jobe was a football player, his position would be listed as 'athlete'. He excels at both pitching and playing short.

That being said, je will be drafted as a pitcher for three reasons. One, a 95+ developing speed game. Two, the ability to throw strikes. And three, a totally wipeout slider.

I could be low here.

 

RHP          6-2          190

 

@jacksonwjobe

 

2-27-21 - https://www.maxpreps.com/news/GLOc9IV-DkGJ9WKbGyXewg/top-high-school-baseball-player-from-all-50-states.htm -

 

Top baseball player in all 50 states

 

Oklahoma

 

Jackson Jobe | Heritage Hall (Oklahoma City)

 

Seen as a five-tool player who can throw 96 mph off the mound, he's also regarded as a prospect at shortstop. After his performance at the Perfect Game All-American Classic, Jobe will likely be drafted as a pitcher. 

 

2-27-21 - top hs players -

 

Jackson Jobe – A gifted athlete who is also solid prospect as a shortstop, Jobe is the spin champion of this year’s class. He offers a high-spin fastball that has touched the mid-90s, but his slider is on another level, showing spin rates over 3,000 RPM at times. 

 

2-15-21 - CBS - Top 50 -

 

23. Jackson Jobe, RHP/SS, Heritage Hall HS (OK)

 

Jobe is a two-way, multi-sport athlete from the same high school that counts longtime NFL wide receivers Wes Welker and Sterling Shepherd among its alumni. Life has afforded him many possible paths; the one he seems likeliest to travel down leads to the mound, where he displays a Trackman-approved fastball-slider pairing and where he has a history of throwing strikes. Jobe, like most every prep right-hander, is likely to be dinged for the failures of the macro.

  

1-26-21 - BA -

 

30. Jackson Jobe, RHP/SS, Heritage Hall HS, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Areas To Improve: strike-throwing, develop CB & CH

 

Jobe entered the summer as a talented two-way prospect, but it’s safe to say most teams view him as a higher-upside prospect on the mound. A fastball up to 95 mph and a 3,000+ rpm slider will do that. Scouts would like to see him take a step forward in his strike throwing to more effectively use both loud pitches. Further developing a curveball and changeup that are both solid but behind his fastball/slider combo will help as well. 

 

1-20-21 - prospect live -

 

#27

San Diego Padres

Jackson Jobe

RHP, Heritage Hall (HS)

 

Jackson Jobe burst onto the scene at PG National this past June showing up as a shortstop and leaving as a without-a-doubt pitcher. Seemingly out of nowhere, Jobe stepped onto the mound in June and spun mid-90s heaters with an absolute wipeout slider, flashing 70-grade. Jobe simply out-matched hitters his age, spinning the ball in excess of 3300rpms. A simple, loose delivery with some effort at the finish, Jobe commands his pitches well and has shown the ability to pound the zone in his outings. One thing scouts will need to see in the spring from Jobe is longer outings and a true third pitch to round out his arsenal. The changeup is there, and he's thrown some good ones, but it's reasonably unproven. The jury is still out on whether Jobe will be a starter long-term, but the value here at this stage may be too much to pass up. 

 

Jackson Jobe

 

Heritage Hall HS, Oklahoma City, Okla. SS/RHP

 

Ht: 6-2 | Wt: 185 | B-T: R-R

Commit/Drafted: Mississippi

Age At Draft: 19.0

 

One of the top two-way prospects in the 2021 class, Jobe may have been thought of as a primary shortstop entering the summer, but teams are enthralled with his athleticism, arm strength and feel for spin after seeing him pitch over the last few months. A 6-foot-2, 185-pound righthander committed to Mississippi, Jobe has shown a solid four-pitch mix with a fastball up to 95, but his slider is the main event. The pitch is among the higher spin rate breaking balls in the class and has gotten into the elite, Carter Stewart 3,000-plus rpm range. The pitch is an easy future plus offering in the 80-84 mph range and has two-plane break with plenty of depth and power when he hits on it. After that, Jobe has a curveball in the upper 70s that’s solidly behind his slider and a low-to-mid-80s changeup that has good fading life down and in to righthanded hitters. Jobe has shown solid control with most of his pitches and works with a simple delivery. He has plenty of arm speed and throws from a three-quarter slot and scouts have praised the crispness of his actions on the mound. MLB clubs love the idea of putting an athlete like Jobe on the mound, so most likely have his pitching upside in front of his position player upside for now, but he’s a real pro prospect as a hitter as well. 

 

1-7-21 - CUBBIES CRIB -

 

Jackson Jobe, SS/RHP, Heritage Hall

 

One of the more seemingly underrated prospects within Baseball America’s top 30 draft-eligible high school prospects of this upcoming draft is a two-way star, Jackson Jobe. Standing a solid 6-foot-2, 190 pounds, Jobe packs a punch and displays a smooth delivery. He currently has a verbal commitment to Ole Miss. 

 

Jobe was on a unique trajectory as a two-way player. His primary position started at shortstop, but soon after, the stocky right-hander moved to the mound. Most likely, he will not see the number six spot on the diamond moving forward.

 

His two strongest pitchers are his fastball, which topped out at 96 mph, and his slider carries a nice breaking bite, and per his scouting report, at Perfect Game carries a spin-rate of 3,100 rpm. To put it into perspective, Los Angeles Dodgers starter Walker Buehler posted the second-best slider spin-rate in the majors in 2020 at 2948. If Jobe can make his slider the primarily dominant pitch, he will be in business.

 

As a very talented and athletic star for Heritage Hall, Jobe put up some gaudy improvements, adding more velocity to his fastball and continuing to master his curveball and changeup, which moves towards right-handers in the box, making it a potentially strong out pitch.

 

Jobe also drives the ball with authority. His exit velocity of 92 mph, according to Perfect Game, ranked above the 90th percentile in his class. The swing is effortless. Being able to sit back on the ball patiently appears to be a strength of his, and it could translate well if he continues to work on hitting too at the next levels. 

 

12-26-20  -  Baseball Prospect Journal Mock Draft 1.0 -

 

21. Chicago Cubs: Jackson Jobe, RHP, Heritage Hall (Okla.)

 

Jobe has athleticism, feel for his four-pitch mix, and intriguing upside. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound righty also has explosive arm speed that allows him to get notable spin on his mid-90s fastball and slider.

 

His slider is his top offering and draws rave reviews from scouts. His slider has an elite spin rate, as he typically throws the pitch with 3,100-plus revolutions per minute. 

 

12-18-20 - Future Sox Mock Draft -

 

23. Cleveland Indians: Jackson Jobe, RHP, Heritage Hall HS (OK)

 

Jobe is a multi-positional star in Oklahoma, but Cleveland would draft him as a pitcher in this scenario. The right hander shows a plus-plus slider already with elite spin and possesses multiple plus pitches as a prep. He’s very athletic and efficient and the Indians have had success with similar prep pitchers in the past. 

 

12-15-20  -  Ian Smith  - @FlaSmitty

 

There might only be a handful of 70-grade pitches in the ‘21 MLB Draft,  and RHP Jackson Jobe (OK) may own one of them with his SL. High spin(3000-3200rpm) that sits in the low 80s w/ more to come. Tight shape with hard, late horizontal break. Plus command in any count

  

12-3-20  -  Perfect Game combined their picks for the first two rounds in this mock draft  -

 

21. Chicago Cubs | Jackson Jobe, RHP, Heritage Hall (Okla.) | (2/50) Jon Childress, LHP, Texas A&M

 

A great athlete that has made a full transition to the mound, Jackson Jobe has now become one of the nation’s premier arms and lands himself in the first round in this mock to the Cubs. At 6-foot-2, 190 pounds, he looks the part with the athleticism as a sub-7.0 runner and secondary shortstop to control the limbs well, but it’s the mid-90s fastball and what may be regarded as the best slider in the class that garners this much helium. Jon Childress gives the Cubs a former Perfect Game All-American, and premier prep talent a couple years ago, as their second-round pick from College Station. The long and projectable left-hander works in the low-90s with great angle at release while showing feel for a firm cutter and an even better slider with big potential. -Tyler Russo

 

Sakowski’s Take: Jobe earns rave reviews for both the evaluation and the metrics of his stuff on the mound, highlighted by a slider that flashes 70 mph at times. He’s got tremendous upside with that combination of stuff and athleticism, while Childress, a Tommy John survivor, represents another potential upside play at pick 50. Childress has the upside to go higher if he performs in the SEC this spring, but pick 50 looks like a good spot right now based on fall intel. 

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