Tigers Prospects Update: SeaWolves combined no-hitter, two top prospects promoted

Jackson Jobe is becoming one of the prospects to watch in baseball. Earlier this season, he supplanted Max Clark as the Tigers' No. 1 prospect, but slipped back down to second after he suffered a hamstring strain that rendered him inactive for almost three weeks from June into early July. Still, Jobe has been absolutely dominant in Double-A after being promoted to start the season, and he's almost halfway to the Tigers' 100-inning goal for him this year, despite the time lost.

On Saturday, he put another accomplishment on his growing list with an almost flawless six innings pitched against the Rumble Ponies, only giving up two walks but otherwise not allowing any baserunners. It was his longest start of the season and it brought his ERA down to an astonishing 1.38, but that wasn't all.

Jobe was replaced by reliever Jake Higgenbotham in the seventh, who retired three Rumble Ponies in order. Matt Seelinger did the same in the eighth. Garrett Hill came in to close things out in the ninth and maintain what could be the fifth no-hitter in the Erie SeaWolves history, and he didn't disappoint. With one out, he walked a batter but coasted through otherwise, getting a swinging strikeout and a ground out to complete the no-hitter.

Tigers prospects update: Jackson Jobe, SeaWolves combined no-hitter; Max Clark, Kevin McGonigle promoted to High-A

One level down and a few hundred miles west, the High-A Whitecaps will welcome two of the Tigers' top prospects in Max Clark and Kevin McGonigle, who were promoted on Sunday. Clark, the Tigers' No. 1 prospect, hit well in Single-A after a slow few weeks to start the season and exploded in July, batting .410 with a 1.258 OPS with three homers and 12 RBI over 10 games (six of which were multi-hit games).

McGonigle is the Tigers' No. 4 prospect (No. 63 in baseball), whose steady excellence across the entire season so far has made him one to watch. He's been hitting even better than Clark overall, sitting at .326 with a 1.284 OPS, 15 doubles, four home runs, 37 RBI, and 11 more walks than strikeouts (35 to 24). The Tigers persuaded him away from a commitment to Auburn last year after drafting him as an overslot Competitive Balance round pick.

The future is bright for the Tigers with Jobe, Clark, McGonigle (and not to forgot No. 3 prospect Jace Jung) working their way slowly but surely through the organization.