Yankees' George Lombard Comments Could be Bad News for Anthony Volpe

(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)

The New York Yankees recently sent shortstop George Lombard to Triple-A, and it sounds like there's a real chance the youngster will eventually get his chance in Major League Baseball much sooner than most anticipated.

Lombard, who's expected to be one of the top young players in baseball when he makes his debut, plays shortstop and has also flirted a bit with third base in recent weeks.

The idea of Lombard coming up and playing the infield instantly for this organization is something that excites many, but it also could change plans for others.

Regardless, the Yankees can't worry too much about that and have to go with the best nine guys every day. When speaking about that recently, skipper Aaron Boone made it known that he's really impressed with what Lombard has done this year. I think that he got off to a great start, and this was the perfect timing to get a player of his caliber up to Triple-A.

“He’s obviously gotten off to a really good start in Double A,” Boone said, per The Athletic. “Love the player. Love the person. After finishing last year in Double A and then going out and wanting him to get off to a good start — which he has — I think it’s good timing to get him up to Triple A.”

Others in the organization have also been impressed with the youngster, including slugger Aaron Judge, who sounds like he wants him up as soon as possible. Judge understands that he's probably one of the best nine players in the organization, and that only means that Lombard should have a chance to play every single day in the Bronx. At the end of the day, the Yankees need to do whatever it takes to win, and Lombard will seemingly help them with that.

“He made some big adjustments from the past couple of years,” Judge, who hit his 12th home run of the season Tuesday, said. “He’s gonna play elite defense at third, shortstop, wherever. At the plate, man, using the whole field, great contact hitter, but he’s got some juice behind it. He’s gonna continue to grow and get stronger and continue to develop into that power a little bit. He’s seeing the consistency at the plate, just good at-bats at such a young age.