Ryan Noda

Ryan Noda

28-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Los Angeles Angels AAA
2024 Fantasy Outlook
The Rule 5 Draft is often an afterthought on the final day of the annual MLB Winter Meetings, but every few years a gem will emerge from the list of selections. Oakland plucked Noda away from the Dodgers in the 2022 edition of the event and he fully unseated Jesus Aguilar as the Athletics' primary first baseman by the fourth week of the 2023 regular season. Aguilar was cut loose at the end of May, with Noda continuing to take on increasing importance in the A's offense as the summer rolled along. He jumped into the leadoff spot just before suffering a fractured jaw during a pregame fielding mishap in mid-July and quickly reprised that tablesetting role when he returned from the IL four weeks later. Noda has his flaws, but he can approach 20 homers and gets on base at a steady enough clip to churn out a useful helping of runs scored. Read Past Outlooks
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#391
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Athletics in March of 2024. Claimed off waivers by the Angels in November of 2024.
Heads to Halos via waivers
1BLos Angeles Angels  AAA
November 1, 2024
The Angels claimed Noda off waivers from the Athletics on Friday.
ANALYSIS
Noda showed some promise in 2023 after the A's plucked him in the Rule 5 Draft, slashing .229/.364/.406 with 16 homers in 128 contests. He couldn't repeat even that level of production in 2024 however, posting just a .465 OPS in 36 games with Oakland while spending most of the year in the minors. Noda will turn 29 in March and could get a chance to compete for playing time at first base, the corner outfield spots and designated hitter.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
7
1
1
2
3
3
5
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+3%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+39%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+3%
OPS vs RHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .730 116 14 6 15 0 .189 .330 .400
Since 2022vs Right .709 490 57 11 43 3 .217 .347 .362
2024vs Left .611 19 1 1 1 0 .133 .278 .333
2024vs Right .438 92 7 0 3 0 .138 .250 .188
2023vs Left .753 97 13 5 14 0 .200 .340 .413
2023vs Right .774 398 50 11 40 3 .236 .369 .405
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+23%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+48%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+18%
OPS on Road
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .639 292 30 9 26 1 .187 .309 .329
Since 2022Away .784 314 41 8 32 2 .235 .376 .408
2024Home .378 56 2 0 3 0 .140 .218 .160
2024Away .558 55 6 1 1 0 .133 .291 .267
2023Home .703 236 28 9 23 1 .199 .331 .372
2023Away .832 259 35 7 31 2 .257 .394 .438
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Ryan Noda compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.38
 
BB Rate
12.6%
 
K Rate
33.3%
 
BABIP
.211
 
ISO
.074
 
AVG
.137
 
OBP
.255
 
SLG
.211
 
OPS
.465
 
wOBA
.224
 
Exit Velocity
86.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
27.1%
 
Barrels/PA
2.7%
 
Expected BA
.163
 
Expected SLG
.271
 
Sprint Speed
23.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
43.9%
 
Line Drive %
19.3%
 
Fly Ball %
36.8%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2019
The Dodgers opted not to add Noda to the 40-man roster after he produced an .869 OPS at the Triple-A level last season, and the A's scooped him up during the Rule 5 draft in December. The 26-year-old immediately becomes one of Oakland's top prospects, and he'll remain with the organization as long as he's kept in the big leagues for the entirety of the 2022 campaign. The move to the rebuilding A's significantly improves his outlook for immediate playing time, and he should receive the opportunity to showcase himself at some point in 2023, and it's possible, though not guaranteed, that he begins the campaign with a significant role. He has major power, but his fantasy and on-field potential is limited by his whiff issues, as he had a 28.2 percent strikeout rate last year.
As soon as Noda has prolonged struggles at the dish, his fantasy value will plummet. Such is the case for a first baseman entering his age-23 season who has not yet reached the upper levels of the minors. However, for now at least, he makes for an interesting flier in deeper leagues. From a statistical standpoint, Noda is a prototypical version of the three-true-outcomes slugger. He has massive raw power (at least 70-grade) to all fields, struck out at a 25.6% clip and walked 20.7% of the time -- the best mark for any full-season hitter in 2018. His flyball rate (40.1%) was higher than his groundball rate (37.8%). He moves fairly well for his size (6-foot-3, 217 pounds), but will be a below-average runner by the time he reaches the majors. Noda obviously won't continue to walk at a 20% clip, but if he can maintain something in the 12%-16% range while keeping his strikeout rate under 30%, he has enough power to meet the offensive expectations of the position.
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Optioned to Midland
1BOakland Athletics  AAA
September 22, 2024
The Athletics optioned Noda to Double-A Midland on Sunday.
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Sitting against southpaw
1BOakland Athletics  AAA
September 12, 2024
Noda is not in the lineup for Thursday's contest in Houston.
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Rejoins major-league club
1BOakland Athletics  AAA
September 10, 2024
The Athletics recalled Noda from Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday.
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Starting to heat up in Vegas
1BOakland Athletics  AAA
May 17, 2024
Noda is 5-for-13 with two doubles, a home run, two RBI, three walks and four runs over his last four games with Triple-A Las Vegas.
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Optioned to Vegas
1BOakland Athletics  AAA
May 1, 2024
The Athletics optioned Noda to Triple-A Las Vegas on Wednesday.
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