Jacob Robson Stats & Scouting Report

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Full name Jacob Charles Robson
Born 11/20/1994 in London, ON, Canada
Profile Ht.: 5'10" / Wt.: 182 / Bats: L / Throws: R
School Mississippi State
Debut 08/12/2021
Drafted in the 8th round (235th overall) by the Detroit Tigers in 2016 (signed for $181,600).

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Robson is an above-averge runner with solid contact skills. He's mostly a singles hitter, and he batted .335 as a junior for Mississippi State.

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Track Record: Robson spent much of 2018 at Double-A before a promotion to Triple-A. He performed well, posting a .295/.376/.440 slash line across the two levels and leading the system with 142 hits and 29 doubles. His 11 home runs were a pleasant surprise in the power department, as his previous high was just three during the 2017 campaign.

Scouting Report: Robson’s tools aren’t great, but he does bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the table. He is a plus runner who can fit defensively at all three outfield positions with an average throwing arm. His hit tool has the potential to be average, although the power grades out as below-average in spite of his double-digit home run season. Tigers’ evaluators love his energetic approach to the game.

The Future: Robson should expect to spend more time at Triple-A if he does not make the roster out of spring training. He can do a bit of everything for his club, which adds to his versatility. The ability to play all three outfield spots while making solid contact creates a future role of a fourth outfielder moving forward.
Robson was drafted out of high school by the Padres in 2012 but chose to attend Mississippi State instead. Four years later, he improved his stock enough to earn an eighth-round selection and a $181,600 signing bonus as a redshirt junior. He missed most of his sophomore season with an elbow injury and missed time his final collegiate season with a broken left pinky. An above-average runner, Robson shows prototypical leadoff skills and proved too advanced for the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League and short-season New York-Penn League, where he hit a combined .301/.407/.405 with nine doubles, a home run and 15 steals in 48 games. The Tigers believe in Robson's ability to play center field, work counts and get on base and laud his makeup as a baseball rat. He doesn't have much in the way of over-the-fence power, so he'll have to stay in center to profile as an everyday player. His college pedigree could put him in line for an aggressive assignment to high Class A, but he is more likely to begin at low Class A West Michigan.