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Windsor’s Jacob Robson just wants to focus on playing baseball.

The Detroit Tigers’ minor-league outfield prospect isn’t about to get caught up in what if and what could be as he prepares for his second Spring Training in Lakeland, Fla. as a non-roster invitee by the Major League Baseball club.

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“I try and take it one step at a time and not look too far ahead,” the 25-year-old Robson said. “I think it’s going to be the same mentality this year as any other year.”

But there is no doubt that Robson is now on the radar. An eighth-round pick by the Tigers in the 2016 MLB Draft, Robson flew up the minor-league ladder to reach Detroit’s top farm team in Toledo in less than three seasons.

MLB Pipeline pegs Robson as the No. 28-ranked prospect in what is becoming a much deeper minor-league system for the rebuilding Tigers. It also projects that Robson will arrive in Detroit at some point this season.

“I just want to play my best baseball whether it’s in the minor leagues or majors,” the five-foot-10, 180-pound Robson said. “These things will develop over time.