DETROIT — Six days ago, Jackson Jobe had the worst start of his young career. But the Tigers gave him eight runs and won the game anyway.

On Monday, he delivered perhaps the best start of his young career. The Tigers rewarded him with 14 runs.

If it seems like the 22-year-old rookie and consensus top pitching prospect in baseball is living a charmed life, it’s because, well, he is.

The Tigers are 7-0 in games he has started this year. He’s getting more run support than any other starter in baseball: 10.6 runs per 27 outs, or more than one run every inning.

“They’ve made it really easy on me,” he said with a smile.

Jobe’s start Monday was understandably overshadowed by the Tigers’ 14-run outburst, but there were plenty of positives. A career-high seven strikeouts. A career-high 15 swings and misses.

Despite the lopsided final score, Jobe had some high-stress moments that he worked through in the second and third innings.

In the top of the third, he survived a bases-loaded jam with one out.

There were negatives, too. He issued a career-high five walks. Two contributed to the third-inning jam; three came after the Tigers had built a 12-run lead. Neither is ideal.

But taken as a whole, it was another step forward for the rookie.

“I think it’s part of him growing up,” manager A.J. Hinch said. “We have to view him as someone who’s taking a step forward every game, trying to sprinkle in a little bit of this and that. When it comes together, he’s got four electric pitches. We’re trying to get him to execute more and more. He’s going to. And he did.

“He had a little adversity. He had some big innings, and it didn’t speed up on him. I was encouraged by that. His arsenal is legit across the board. Just let him pitch. He doesn’t have to be perfect every outing. He’s not going to be the same every outing, but he’s pretty damn good.”

Even after Monday’s performance, Jobe’s strikeout rate –18.2 percent of batters faced — remains below average, especially given the quality of his stuff, which is a baseball term for the velocity of his pitches, and the way they move and spin.

But Hinch said he doesn’t want Jobe to become obsessed with chasing strikeouts.

“I don’t care how he gets his outs,” Hinch said. “The swing-and-miss is going to be part of his game moving forward. (The Red Sox) aren’t an easy team to get swing-and-miss against, but they’re going to go up and attack him. He’s a first-pitch strike thrower before he goes into pitch mode.

“If he gets early-count outs with pop-ups and soft contact, that’s great. If he gets swing-and-miss, that’s a growing trend for him, and that’s encouraging. But it’s not the end-all, be-all for him. He’s got a lot of weapons to get off the barrel. He had it all tonight.”

Jobe, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 draft, spent nearly all of the 2024 season at Double-A Erie, where he posted a 1.95 ERA with 81 strikeouts and 38 walks in 73 2/3 innings.

He received a somewhat unexpected late-season promotion to Triple-A Toledo on Sept. 7, followed by a stunning promotion to the big leagues 16 days later. He pitched two games in the regular season and two in the playoffs, working out of the bullpen.

He won a rotation spot in spring training, partly because of his performance but also due to his pedigree. He was the consensus No. 1 pitching prospect in baseball and new baseball rules incentivize teams to promote their studs sooner rather than than later.

With seven starts — and seven team wins — under his belt, Jobe is starting to feel like he belongs.

“Honestly, I just feel more comfortable,” he said. “The nerves have kind of settled. I feel more confident out there, just relaxed and comfortable with everything.”