Ryan Noda

28-Year-Old First Baseman1B

Oakland Athletics AAA

2024 Stats

AVG

.128

RBI

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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

RANKSFrom Preseason

#497

ADP

Dynasty

League AAA

Bats L

Throws L

40 Man Yes

Height 6'3"

Weight 217

DOB 3/30/1996

Born Volo, IL

College Cincinnati

Drafted 15th Rd 2017 TOR

Optioned to Vegas

1BOakland Athletics AAA

May 1, 2024

The Athletics optioned Noda to Triple-A Las Vegas on Wednesday.

ANALYSIS
Noda's 0-for-3 performance during Wednesday's win over Pittsburgh extended his hitless streak to 28 at-bats across 11 games and gives him a putrid .128 batting average through 83 at-bats on the year. Abraham Toro will likely fill in as Oakland's everyday first baseman while Noda attempts to rediscover his swing in the minors.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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vs LHP

Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+4%

OPS vs LHP

2024

+64%

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	.738	115	14	6	15	0	.191	.333	.404
Since 2022vs Right	.708	480	56	11	41	3	.216	.346	.362
2024vs Left	.651	18	1	1	1	0	.143	.294	.357
2024vs Right	.398	82	6	0	1	0	.125	.232	.167
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

+25%

OPS on Road

2024

+72%

OPS on Road

2023

+18%

OPS on Road

2022

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	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.632	290	30	9	24	1	.184	.308	.324
Since 2022Away	.792	305	40	8	32	2	.238	.377	.415
2024Home	.333	54	2	0	1	0	.125	.208	.125
2024Away	.572	46	5	1	1	0	.132	.283	.289
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

12.0%

K Rate

32.0%

BABIP

.189

ISO

.070

AVG

.128

OBP

.242

SLG

.198

OPS

.440

wOBA

.214

Exit Velocity

85.5 mph

Hard Hit Rate

27.3%

Barrels/PA

3.0%

Expected BA

.172

Expected SLG

.289

Sprint Speed

23.9 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

44.4%

Line Drive %

20.4%

Fly Ball %

35.2%

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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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