Besides an early season error binge from Lombard in the minors, he's been terrific at short all year. +4 DRS already in the majors. The eye test and metrics check out.
I don’t know where his career is going to go offensively, but George Lombard Jr. is having really impressive at bats for a 21 year old just getting started in the majors.
Since Judge went down, the Yankees are 30th in batting average with RISP, which is a stat I see come up a ton
But they're also 30 in batting average with the bases empty
It's not a RISP problem. It never is. It's an offense problem.
I’ve talked about Lombard’s process a lot if you’ve followed. Right before the HR he took a good swing on the 0-1 pitch. He recognized that pitch right out of the hand on 0-2 and crushed it.