BALTIMORE – These are the New York Yankees, and George Lombard Jr. is just 14 games into his major league career, and concepts like awe and impact and the notion of the 21-year-old shortstop already being a “bad (redacted)” shouldn’t be in play.
It is so early, yet the Yankees are simply observing and reporting what they see and the vibes they feel about their shortstop of the future who gets more entrenched as a linchpin of their present every day.
Most of this is not a surprise.
Lombard was a steal as the 26th overall pick in the 2023 draft, the son of a major leaguer, soon to land on top prospect lists as he climbed the minor league ladder…
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