RailRiders prospects Lombard Jr. and Lagrange earn Futures Game nods
Lombard Jr. and Lagrange reached the Futures Game together, a clear sign the Yankees’ pipeline is pushing talent toward Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and beyond.
George Lombard Jr. and Carlos Lagrange will take the next step in the Yankees’ prospect pipeline on one of the game’s biggest stages. The current Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders infielder and right-hander were both selected for the 2026 All-Star Futures Game.
The 27th edition of the Futures Game will be played Sunday, July 12, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. ET at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Thirty-eight of the 50 players chosen were ranked among Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects, and the seven-inning event comes before the new MLBx: All-Star 3-on-3 event.
Lombard, still only 21, entered the year as the consensus No. 1 prospect in the organization and No. 20 in baseball. Lagrange was ranked No. 4 in the system and No. 85 overall, placing both players squarely on the radar as potential near-term contributors to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and eventually the Bronx.
Lombard signed for a $3.3 million bonus as the 26th overall pick in the 2023 draft, and this will be his second Futures Game appearance after also earning a spot in 2025. In Hudson Valley, he hit .269/.401/.376 in 53 games across 2024 and 2025 before moving up the ladder. Lombard is the son of George Lombard Sr., a former big leaguer and current Detroit Tigers bench coach, and his brother Jacob is one of the top 2026 high school draft prospects.
Lagrange signed out of the Dominican Republic for $10,000 in February 2022. The 6-foot-7 right-hander has touched 102 mph in games, and his 2025 run with Hudson Valley included a 4-2 record, a 4.10 ERA and 64 strikeouts in 41.2 innings over eight starts. More recently, he logged 11 Triple-A starts with a 4.41 ERA, 63 strikeouts and 25 walks in 49 innings, enough production to keep his name in circulation as a possible bullpen option as well as a starter.
James Cooper, who managed Hudson Valley in 2025 and helped lead the Renegades to a franchise-record 79 wins, was named the American League third base coach for the Futures Game. Hudson Valley finished that season with its 13th consecutive winning record and 16th in the last 17 years.
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