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Major League Baseball Makes George Lombard Jr. Announcement Amid Yankees Struggles
Major League Baseball Makes George Lombard Jr. Announcement Amid Yankees Struggles originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
New York Yankees fans have spent recent weeks calling for the club to finally demote or part ways with inconsistent shortstop Anthony Volpe.
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Monday's George Lombard Jr. news likely won't help things.
Major League Baseball announced that Lombard, the sport's No. 37 prospect, will represent the Yankees in next month's All-Star Futures Game. Lombard is one of seven infielders and joins Texas' Sebastian Walcott (No. 9) and Detroit's Kevin McGonigle (No. 21) as top-100 infielders on the AL roster.
Lombard owns a .248 average, three homers, 27 RBIs, and a .768 OPS in 320 minor-league plate appearances this year. He's also 25 stolen bases between Single-A Hudson Valley and Double-A Somerset, where he's spent the last two months.
Although Lombard has only hit .209 since his early May promotion to Double-A, he's also nearly four years younger than the average player.
New York Yankees shortstop George Lombard Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images
Outfielder Spencer Jones and left-handed pitcher Brock Selvidge represented the Yankees in last July's Future Games. Jones recently received a promotion to Triple-A Somerset, and Selvidge is pitching at Double-A Somerset.
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Although Major League Baseball considers Lombard the Yankees' top prospect, they also believe he won't debut until 2027. It is too early to know if the Yankees would consider allowing Lombard to win the club's starting shortstop next year, but the club appears committed to Volpe.
Speaking of Volpe, he's hitting .228 with nine homers, 44 RBI, 20 doubles, and a .723 OPS in 332 plate appearances. However, Yankees fans frequently vent about his questionable baserunning and frustrating defensive miscues.
For now, they'll get to watch Lombard in Atlanta and then take to social media, asking Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman why he's not in the majors yet.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
