{"id":436004,"date":"2026-01-27T07:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/436004\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T07:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:38:08","slug":"yankees-news-lombard-is-the-yankees-top-prospect-on-another-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/436004\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees news: Lombard is the Yankees\u2019 top prospect on another list"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Athletic | Keith Law ($)<\/a>: It\u2019s preseason prospect ranking time. Today, it\u2019s The Athletic. To the surprise of, I assume, literally no one, George Lombard Jr. is the top-ranked Yankee farmhand on Keith Law\u2019s list. Ranked 24th overall, Law is bullish on Lombard\u2019s future, remarking on the young shortstop\u2019s bat speed and knowledge of the strike zone. \u201cHe\u2019s at least a future everyday shortstop and still has upside beyond that because of the potential for a plus hit tool.\u201d He\u2019s joined by one other Yankee prospect, pitcher Carlos Lagrange. Lagrange comes in 88th on Law\u2019s list. Law is complimentary of Lagrange\u2019s stuff and clean delivery, projecting that \u201cHe should stick as a starter, and could end up in the top two spots in a rotation depending on how far his control improves.\u201d A homegrown, top-of-the-rotation starter? Be still, my heart.<\/p>\n

SNY | Anthony McCarron<\/a>: It\u2019s been a weird, frustrating offseason for Yankees fans. But it hasn\u2019t been bad, per se, I guess. McCarron takes a look at, and individually grades, each move the Yanks made since season\u2019s end. He assigns high marks to the recent re-signing of Cody Bellinger. Meanwhile, the assorted moves to bolster rotation depth earn the lowest of his grades (C+). It still feels like an underwhelming offseason, but I think I\u2019d feel much worse if there were Ds or, baseball gods forbid, any Fs on that scorecard.<\/p>\n

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Fox Sports | Ryan Morik<\/a>: The Captain is coming to the defense of Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner. Derek Jeter addressed the team\u2019s championship drought, offering that \u201cI\u2019m sure Hal is frustrated as well. Hal\u2019s been willing to go out and get players and put the Yankees in a position to win. But ultimately, you have to go out on the field and perform.\u201d Jeets makes an interesting point elsewhere in the article, arguing that the trade deadline is likely to be the critical factor, given that teams can radically transform at the deadline.<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports | Billy Hayen<\/a>: It\u2019s been a rough stretch for the Yanks in the international free agent market. And the hits keep coming. Dominican infielder Marion De La Rosa, who recently de-committed (to borrow a college football phrase) from the Yankees, has apparently agreed to terms with the Seattle Mariners. De La Rosa won\u2019t be able to sign with them until 2027 and technically teams and players can\u2019t agree to these terms ahead of time, but\u2026 anyway, now the challenge for Seattle will be keeping him in the fold for a year until he can sign on the dotted line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Athletic | Keith Law ($): It\u2019s preseason prospect ranking time. Today, it\u2019s The Athletic. To the surprise…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,181114,8298,38368,181115,128468,139268,181116,181117,462,7675,82,1505],"class_list":["post-436004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-carlos-lagrange","tag-cody-bellinger","tag-derek-jeter","tag-george-lombard","tag-hal-steinbrenner","tag-keith-law","tag-lagrange","tag-marion-de-la-rosa","tag-mlb","tag-seattle","tag-sports","tag-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}