Overview

• Hunter Dobbins had claimed his father, Lance, was twice drafted by the Yankees, signed after the second selection and traded to the Diamondbacks to justify his vow never to pitch for New York.
• Yankees GM Brian Cashman and the team’s amateur scouting department confirmed there is no record of any Lance Dobbins being drafted or playing in the organization.
• Research shows Lance Dobbins pitched only in independent leagues—the Meridian Brakemen and Ohio Valley Redcoats—in the mid-1990s and never appeared in MLB farm systems.
• Former Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte told MLB insider Joel Sherman that neither he nor his family recalls any friendship or shared history with Lance Dobbins.
• After the claims were debunked, Hunter Dobbins downplayed the episode by blaming his father for the misinformation and said he remains focused on his upcoming Fenway start against the Yankees.