What George Lombard Jr. might find at the MLB Futures Game — according to the Yankees who’ve been there

Despite fans’ cries for his arrival in The Bronx this year, George Lombard Jr. will almost certainly spend the full season in the minor leagues.

But the 20-year-old will get a taste of the big leagues this weekend, one that seven current Yankees got when they were in his shoes, by playing in the Futures Game on Saturday night at Truist Park in Atlanta.

“When you get selected to the Futures Game, I think it’s a step closer, because you realize how it is,” said Jasson Domínguez, who played in the 2021 and 2022 games before making his big league debut in 2023. “It was a great experience. You get to meet a lot of people, a lot of guys. You see how they go about things and how different everybody does [their] thing.”

Domínguez started the 2022 Futures Game in center field at Dodger Stadium and homered off of current Red Sox Triple-A lefty Kyle Harrison (the key piece of the Rafael Devers trade). He was joined by current teammate Anthony Volpe and then-Yankees prospect Ken Waldichuk, who picked up the save and then was traded two weeks later to the Athletics for Frankie Montas.