Top Yankees prospect George Lombard Jr. avoids worst — but injury timeline is still murky

Source: New York Post

Considering how it looked in the moment, George Lombard Jr. may have avoided the worst. The Yankees’ top prospect “sprained a couple fingers” on his left hand, a team spokesman said Wednesday night, a day after Lombard left Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s game after jamming his left hand into a base stealer while covering second base.