We knew things weren’t likely to be good when Jackson Jobe was placed on the IL. The Tigers and their fans are no strangers to dire news when it comes to their starting pitchers (remember Alex Cobb? no?), but no one wanted to hear the dreaded “Tommy John” when it came to one of the Tigers’ most exciting rookie players.

Alas, that is the situation we find ourselves in. You can read more about that in Brandon’s article from yesterday.

To soften the blow of that bad news, we do have a little extra fun stuff in today’s news. Including the most surprising photo of a Pope I’ve ever seen, and some genuinely exciting bat dog news!

Let’s get right into it.

Detroit Tigers News:
Obviously the biggest news out of yesterday is the worst, as we learned that Jackson Jobe will undergo Tommy John surgery, ending his 2025 season.

Jackson Jobe will undergo Tommy John surgery, according to the #Tigers. He will miss the remainder of the 2025 season.

— Evan Petzold (@EvanPetzold) June 11, 2025

It’s The Athletic’s anonymous player survey time, and Tarik Skubal garnered a lot of attention in the categories of players that other players enjoy watching, and pitchers that batters would not want to face in the World Series. Here’s what fellow players had to say about Skubal:

“In my opinion, he has a decent lead over anybody else. His fastball is so good, and last year he made a real effort to throw other pitches and keep hitters off-balance. The fastball sets up the changeup, and it just gets on you so quick. The hitters are so uncomfortable.”

“He’s nasty for everybody. Everything’s really hard, his changeup’s really good. Hard to pick up. Everything’s kind of funky coming out of all of the stuff he does.”

“I hit better from the left side, and he feels so challenging hitting from the left side. He might be the best pitcher in the game.”

AL Central News:
Can’t say this was on my 2025 bingo card…

The Missouri House has approved the stadium incentives package designed to keep the Chiefs and Royals in the state. It next heads to the desk of Gov. Mike Kehoe for his presumed signature. More from@Kacen:https://t.co/Xy8tv0wWNA

— Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) June 11, 2025

MLB News:

The Nationals are calling up their top paw-spect Bruce the Bat Dog from Triple-A, the team announced.

He will make his Major League debut on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/uL0XRlGiY0

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) June 11, 2025