“You see, whatever the ‘it’ is, with him [Lombard], you see it. He just gets it.” The compact, athletic 6-2, 190-pound righthanded hitter chalks up his comfort level in a big-league ...

Lombard has enjoyed a productive spring training with the major-league roster as he went deep twice across 22 at-bats. The 19-year-old has only seen time in the lower levels of the minor leagues ...

Several former first-rounders, highlighted by Nick Kurtz and George Lombard Jr., are heading back to Minor League camp. Ten A’s were re-assigned to Minor League camp, most notably Nick Kurtz.