Ryan Noda

Ryan Noda

29-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Chicago White Sox
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Noda went from a potentially promising Rule 5 draft find in 2023 to being designated for assignment by the Athletics after the 2024 season. Noda used his guaranteed time on the big league roster in 2023 to show a Moneyball-ish approach that likely endeared him to his employer, but that approach was very much exploited in 2024, and the A's mercifully pulled the plug on the Noda experiment after watching him slug .211 (yes, slug!) in 111 plate appearances. Noda spent most of the season in Triple-A and drew his walks, hit his homers and struck out a bunch around those events. Noda was picked up by the Angels in the winter and will be organizational insurance for Nolan Schanuel if he can put his 2024 struggles behind him. Until such a time comes, Noda can safely be left to the free agent pile. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Angels in March of 2025. Traded to the Red Sox in May of 2025. Waived by the Red Sox in June of 2025. Claimed off waivers by the White Sox in June of 2025.
Sitting against southpaw
1BChicago White Sox
June 23, 2025
Noda is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Diamondbacks.
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Though he'll hit the bench while the Diamondbacks send southpaw Eduardo Rodriguez to the hill, the left-handed-hitting Noda has been a regular in the White Sox lineup against right-handed pitching since he was claimed off waivers from the Red Sox on June 13. Noda started in seven of the previous eight games but went 2-for-19 with five walks and 12 strikeouts. Edgar Quero will replace him at designated hitter Monday.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
2
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
Even Split
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+39%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+3%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .710 119 14 6 15 0 .184 .322 .388
Since 2023vs Right .707 511 58 12 44 3 .213 .346 .360
2025vs Left .000 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025vs Right .646 21 1 1 1 0 .125 .333 .313
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
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+17%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+300%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+48%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+18%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .651 299 31 10 27 1 .187 .312 .339
Since 2023Away .759 331 41 8 32 2 .227 .369 .390
2025Home 1.229 7 1 1 1 0 .200 .429 .800
2025Away .307 17 0 0 0 0 .071 .235 .071
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
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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
0.50
 
BB Rate
24.0%
 
K Rate
48.0%
 
BABIP
.167
 
ISO
.158
 
AVG
.105
 
OBP
.320
 
SLG
.263
 
OPS
.583
 
wOBA
.250
 
Exit Velocity
84.6 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
14.3%
 
Barrels/PA
4.0%
 
Expected BA
.135
 
Expected SLG
.271
 
Sprint Speed
23.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
28.6%
 
Line Drive %
14.3%
 
Fly Ball %
57.1%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
2019
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.
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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Handling steady role
1BChicago White Sox
June 22, 2025
Noda will start at designated hitter and will bat sixth in Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.
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Summoned to Chicago
1BChicago White Sox
June 14, 2025
The White Sox recalled Noda from Triple-A Charlotte on Saturday.
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Claimed by South Siders
1BChicago White Sox
June 13, 2025
The White Sox claimed Noda off waivers and optioned him to Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday.
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Booted off 40-man roster
1BBoston Red Sox
June 9, 2025
The Red Sox designated Noda for assignment Monday.
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Shipped to Boston
1BBoston Red Sox
May 22, 2025
The Angels traded Noda to the Red Sox on Thursday in exchange for cash.
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