George Lombard Jr. #96

Selected in the first round (No. 28 overall) of the 2023 MLB Draft by the New York Yankees out of Gulliver Prep in Pinecrest, Florida... signed with the Yankees on June 18, 2023 and received an above-slot value signing bonus of $3.3 million... was ranked by MLB.com as the No. 31 prospect in the 2023 Draft class... Gulliver Prep also produced former Major League reliever Paco Rodríguez, who pitched for the Dodgers from 2012-15... Lombard's father, George Lombard, played high school baseball in the Atlanta area and was selected by his hometown team, the Atlanta Braves, in the second round of the 1994 MLB Draft and went on to play parts of six big league seasons in a 16-year professional career; he is currently (2023) the bench coach for the Detroit Tigers... Lombard Jr. had committed to playing at Vanderbilt before signing with the Yankees... said he modeled his game after Corey Seager... "I loved watching him play or watching him go out there and get his work in every single day."... made his Yankees debut on Aug. 18, 2023 with the FCL Yankees

2025

Began the season in Hudson Valley but moved up to Double-A Somerset in May... hit .329 with 13 RBIs in 24 games with the Renegades to earn a promotion to the Eastern League... spent much of the season ranked as the Yankees' No. 1 prospect... ranked as the No. 10 shortstop prospect in baseball as of August... selected to the MLB All-Star Futures Game in Atlanta in July

2024

Split the season between Tampa and Hudson Valley, hitting .231 with five homers, 45 RBIs and 39 stolen bases in 110 games

2023

Yankees assigned Lombard Jr to their Florida Complex League affiliate on July 31, 2023... made his Yankees debut on Aug. 18, 2023 with the FCL Yankees, going 1-for-1 with two walks against the FCL Phillies