00:00George Lombard Jr., the present shortstop and, you hope, the future shortstop for the next 10 to 15 years for
00:10the Yankees.
00:11And, look, I think back to last year with Nolan McClain when he got called up.
00:17And in many ways, Met fans viewed him as the savior every time he took the mound.
00:24And in a lot of ways here, and obviously reinforcements came through the trade deadline, and you hope that Stanton
00:31and Judge come back before this year is over.
00:34But in a lot of ways, Lombard is going to be viewed here as a savior.
00:38And that's part of the territory when you're a prospect, especially the top prospect in a system, and there's all
00:44this hype surrounding you.
00:46And, quite frankly, the shortstop position has been a mess for quite some time.
00:52And the other part of this story is, and this is a major celebration for Yankee fans, I know, Volpe
00:59getting sent down, Dominguez also getting sent down.
01:04And when it comes to Anthony Volpe, look, unless he wants to learn another position, unless he wants to be
01:11a utility player, I just think Anthony Volpe's career with the Yankees is over.
01:15I think that experiment is over.
01:18I think the sports nepotism that bothered Yankee fans for so long is finally over.
01:24I mean, Lombard is, yes, the new prince that is promised, but you talk about the top prospect in their
01:30system, and the Yankees did something that many didn't think they would do.
01:34They essentially are cutting ties with Volpe.
01:36They're sending him down, and they are anointing Lombard their shortstop.
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