Mets prospect Jonah Tong didn’t face Lombard Saturday, but recalled having a number of “good battles” in the minors. When Tong was searching for a recognizable name as a comp, he thought better of it and deferred, saying only, “He’s a really good hitter.”

There are many reasons for the Yankees to like George Lombard Jr., though the IQ of a son of a coach is what they hope makes him the complete package.

The Dodgers, Mets, and Yankees all fall into that bucket. They all spent well more than $60 million above the CBT threshold last year and had their 2025 first-round picks moved back 10 spots. Here are the details:

For the Yankees, as of July 12, two days before the All-Star break, the New York offense leads the MLB in homers (149), walks (372), OBP (.339), SLG (.458), and OPS (.797), while the pitching staff has permitted the fewest hits (694), lowest OBA (.224), and rank top 10 in WHIP (1.21), and strikeouts (846).

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Judge has been pretty great as well. With a 3-for-4 performance on Saturday, the All-Star and reigning MVP is leading the league with a .358 average and a 1.204 OPS. He also has 81 RBI. His 35 home runs, meanwhile, are second in baseball – Seattle’s Cal Raleigh has 38 – and the most ever by a Yankee prior to the All-Star break.

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A prominent MLB insider says the New York Yankees’ decision to move on from DJ LeMahieu and eat the remaining money on his contract will hurt their plans to upgrade third base before the trade deadline.