Ranked because the Yankees’ No. 1 prospect by MLB Pipeline, the 19-year-old infielder has been promoted from Excessive-A Hudson Valley to Double-A Somerset, as first reported Sunday by ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
A supply confirmed the transfer concerning Lombard, who had a .329/.495/.488 slash line in 24 video games for the Renegades, stroking 27 hits in 82 at-bats.
He scored 22 runs with eight doubles, a triple and a house run with 13 RBIs, stealing 11 bases (in 13 makes an attempt) whereas working 23 walks in opposition to 22 strikeouts.
“Nice head on his shoulders; loves the sport, nice work ethic, good heady participant,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated on Monday. “Over the 2 years, you’ve got seen him slowly turning into a person and [a] huge bodily presence.
”The convenience with which he could make performs and strikes within the subject, he is beginning to influence the ball extra, doing a great job up to now of controlling the strike zone — George is somebody we’re tremendous enthusiastic about. … He actually earned that subsequent step as much as Somerset. I am excited for him and the beginning he is off to. He is received particular make-up.”
Most of Lombard’s defensive motion has come at shortstop, although he has appeared as soon as at second base and as soon as at third base this season.
He performed second base, third base and shortstop in Main League camp with the Yankees this spring, when he batted .231 (6-for-26) with two homers and 4 RBIs in 14 video games.
MLB Pipeline has forecast Lombard’s huge league ETA for 2027, however his early-season promotion to Double-A might point out a willingness to fast-track him towards the Bronx, maybe in 2026.
The son of former Main League outfielder and present Tigers bench coach George Lombard Sr., Lombard was the Yankees’ first-round decide within the 2023 MLB Draft (twenty sixth total) out of Gulliver Prep highschool in Miami.
Lombard’s Double-A debut might come on Tuesday, when the Patriots go to the Akron Rubberducks (the Cleveland Guardians’ Double-A affiliate) at 6:35 p.m. ET.
