Jhonkensy Noel

23-Year-Old First Baseman1B

Cleveland Guardians

2024 Stats

AVG

.231

RBI

Rest-of-Season Projections

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2024 Fantasy Outlook

Noel has tremendous power (80-grade) but needs to improve the rest of his game to get a real shot in the majors. Given that Noel was the second-youngest qualified hitter at Triple-A last year (behind Masyn Winn), he can be forgiven for struggling in the first half (.673 OPS). Noel slashed .246/.320/.451 with 14 home runs in 69 games during the second half for Triple-A Columbus en route to hitting .220/.303/.420 with 27 home runs overall. The 22-year-old had a 116.5 mph maximum exit velocity and a 106.3 mph 90th percentile exit velocity, but he also made too much soft contact (24.7 percent), so he could benefit in 2024 from being more selective at the plate. While he can handle first base and the corner outfield spots in a pinch, Noel's best shot at consistent playing time in Cleveland could come at designated hitter. Read Past Outlooks

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Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'1"

Weight 180

DOB 7/15/2001

Born San Pedro de Macoris, DR

College None

Drafted 2017 CLE

Losing work against RHPs

1BCleveland Guardians

September 16, 2024

Noel is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Twins.

ANALYSIS
Noel will take a seat against a right-handed pitcher (Pablo Lopez) for the second day in a row and may have lost hold of an everyday role in right field while he's struggled to a .125/.176/.250 slash line with a 32.4 percent strikeout rate thus far in September. The lefty-hitting Will Brennan will get the nod in right field Monday and could be set to occupy the strong side of platoon with Noel over the final two weeks of the regular season.

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2024

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+30%

OPS vs LHP

2024

+30%

OPS vs LHP

2023

No Stats

2022

No Stats

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.985	60	11	7	14	0	.241	.300	.685
Since 2022vs Right	.758	118	14	6	14	0	.226	.305	.453
2024vs Left	.985	60	11	7	14	0	.241	.300	.685
2024vs Right	.758	118	14	6	14	0	.226	.305	.453
2023vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023vs Right	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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

+42%

OPS at Home

2024

+42%

OPS at Home

2023

No Stats

2022

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	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.976	91	15	8	16	0	.268	.330	.646
Since 2022Away	.686	87	10	5	12	0	.192	.276	.410
2024Home	.976	91	15	8	16	0	.268	.330	.646
2024Away	.686	87	10	5	12	0	.192	.276	.410
2023Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023Away	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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 Jhonkensy Noel 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

0.21

BB Rate

6.7%

K Rate

31.5%

BABIP

.261

ISO

.300

AVG

.231

OBP

.303

SLG

.531

OPS

.835

wOBA

.359

Exit Velocity

89.0 mph

Hard Hit Rate

30.5%

Barrels/PA

9.6%

Expected BA

.222

Expected SLG

.461

Sprint Speed

23.4 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

35.2%

Line Drive %

15.2%

Fly Ball %

49.5%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

2023

2022

Noel has 80-grade raw power. The rest of the profile is pretty shaky, which is why he is still extremely risky despite reaching Triple-A as a 21-year-old. There are similarities to Franmil Reyes and Bobby Bradley, past Guardians sluggers who were cut loose in 2022. He isn't great at making contact in the zone and is even worse at laying off pitches out of the zone. Defensively, Noel is limited to playing a bad first base/left field or slotting in at designated hitter, so he needs to log solid on-base percentages or he won't play. He was young for the levels, but last year's .310 OBP across the three highest levels of the minors won't cut it.

Noel is a very big boy who hits the ball very hard and very far. It wouldn't be unfair to compare him in many ways to org. mate Franmil Reyes, as he may end up sliding all the way to designated hitter and will probably always strike out at fairly high clip, but his mammoth power could carry him to an everyday job. He hit .340/.390/.615 with 19 home runs, a 21.4 K% and a 5.9 BB% in 70 games in his age-19/20 season, primarily at Low-A and High-A. Adept at getting the ball in the air, Noel logged groundball rates below 34% at both levels, and his 33.3 Hard% was excellent for a player his age making his full-season debut. Don't read too much into that .340 batting average -- he had a .421 BABIP at Low-A and figures to strike out at least 25% of the time when he gets to the majors.

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