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George Lombard Jr.

George Lombard Jr. — today's matchup, what the model projects, and how our calls on him have graded. Top board: singles at 53.6/100.

Today's top board
53.6
Singles · @ AZ
Our calls on him · hits
0%
record builds as games settle
Games graded
35
this season, box-score final
George Lombard Jr.
SSBats RThrows RNew York Yankees
Singles53.6/100proj 0.6#122Hits35.6/100proj 0.9#170Doubles34.4/100proj 0.2#169Runs29.8/100proj 0.5#193Total Bases26.6/100proj 1.5#174H+R+RBI23.8/100proj 1.5#197RBIs22.5/100proj 0.4#215Triples18.4/100proj 0#98Fantasy Points16.2/100proj 5.7#224Home Runs16.1/100proj 0.1#210Stolen Bases12.8/100proj 0#135Walks8.1/100proj 0.3#251

Today's matchup

Today it's Arizona Diamondbacks for George, away. He shows up on 12 boards — singles (53.6/100, #122), hits (35.6/100, #170), doubles (34.4/100, #169), runs (29.8/100, #193). We've got him at 0.6 on the singles board. Open any board row for the full breakdown of what's driving it.

Recent form

George is 9-for-39 (.231) over his last 10 games, in line with his .234 season line. No hot streak to fade, no slump to buy — the matchup is doing the work in his score, which is the normal case. The full game log is below.

What kind of hitter he is

George strikes out a lot — 35 strikeouts in 124 at-bats, roughly 28%. That cuts both ways in the WizLine. It drags his floor on the hits board, since he needs contact to get there. But it barely dents the power boards, where one swing settles it — he's got 4 homers. Against a high-strikeout arm his score will fall further than a contact hitter's would.

He's a right-handed bat

George hits from the right side, so the platoon math runs the other way from a lefty's. Right-handed bats face right-handed pitching most of the time, meaning his baseline is built against the harder side and a left-handed starter is the upgrade. That's why a righty's score can jump on a day nothing else about the matchup changed. The model weighs his rates against the specific handedness he's drawing rather than a blended season number, which is where a lot of the day-to-day movement in his score comes from.

Floor and ceiling

George has recorded at least one hit in 22 of 35 games he's batted in — 63% — with 7 multi-hit games among them. That's about average — most regulars land somewhere near it.

Home and away

George is hitting .208 at home (16-for-77) and .277 on the road (13-for-47) across the season. That's a real-looking split, and it's the kind of thing that's usually part park and part noise. The model doesn't apply a blanket home-road adjustment — it prices the actual ballpark he's standing in, which is the part that carries signal.

His best game in the log

George's biggest night was Friday, September 18, 2026 at AZ — 2-for-4 with 1 homer, 3 driven in. That's the ceiling, not the expectation. The projection you'll see on a board is closer to his typical game than his best one, which is the whole point of projecting rather than remembering.

No graded record on him yet

We haven't ranked George a top-20 hitter matchup often enough this season to have a record worth publishing — 1 time so far. He's appeared in 35 graded games, so the log below is real; there just isn't a track record on our calls to show. It'll build here if the matchups start landing his way.

Where he lands across our boards

George was scored on 12 boards in that matchup, and the spread is the interesting part: singles graded 53.6/100 while walks came in at 8.1/100. Same player, same game, same opposing arm — different questions. A spread that wide usually means the matchup favours one kind of outcome over another, and it's the clearest argument for reading the board that matches what you actually care about.

How the model reads him

George's score rates the spot in front of him, not the name on the jersey. It weighs his rates against the kind of arm he's facing — handedness matters a lot — set against what that pitcher and his bullpen give up, then adjusts for expected playing time, park, weather, and recent form, normalized 0–100 across the slate. The weighting is proprietary and re-tuned weekly; the grading is public, and that's the half that proves anything.

What we'd flag

Books don't price every player — coverage tops out around 87% even for confirmed starters, so "no line" here usually means no book posted one rather than a gap in our data. Lineups change late, and an afternoon projection can be stale by first pitch. And the model is tuned across hundreds of graded outcomes, so one game tells you nothing about whether it's working. For George specifically, we don't have a meaningful graded record on him yet.

Recent game log

DateOppABHHRRRBI
Friday, September 18@ AZ42113
Wednesday, September 16@ MIN61020
Tuesday, September 15@ MIN42011
Monday, September 14@ MIN41010
Saturday, September 12vs NYM30000
Friday, September 11vs NYM30000
Thursday, September 10vs COL40000
Wednesday, September 9vs COL41114
Tuesday, September 8vs COL31010
Sunday, September 6@ SD41000
Saturday, September 5@ SD30001
Friday, September 4@ SD30000

George Lombard Jr. — FAQ

Who is George Lombard Jr. facing today?

George Lombard Jr. is facing Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, September 19, 2026. His strongest matchup grades 53.6/100 on our singles board, ranked #122.

What is George Lombard Jr.'s projection today?

We project George for 0.6 on the singles board. That's the model's number for this specific matchup — the opposing arm, the park, the weather, and his expected playing time all feed it. It's graded against the real box score tonight.

How has George Lombard Jr. been hitting lately?

George is 9-for-39 (.231) over his last 10 games, against .234 on the season across 124 at-bats in our log, with 4 home runs. The full game-by-game log is on this page.

Which MatchWiz boards does George Lombard Jr. appear on?

George was scored on 12 boards in his last matchup — singles, hits, doubles, runs, total bases. Each one asks a different question about the same game, so his score can be strong on one and weak on another.

Are George Lombard Jr.'s projections betting advice?

No. Every number on this page is a research signal from a statistical model, published alongside its graded record so you can judge it yourself. The model is re-tuned weekly and can be wrong on any given day. Nothing here is a guaranteed outcome. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).

Projections are a research signal from our model, graded against real box-score results — not betting advice. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).