Jhonkensy Noel

Jhonkensy Noel

23-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Cleveland Guardians
2025 Fantasy Outlook
After a torrid couple of months with Triple-A Columbus, Noel was called up in late June to provide the Guardians lineup with some much-needed punch. He didn't play regularly, but the right-handed batter appeared in 67 games over the final three months. His .246/.302/.667 line against lefties versus batting .205/.281/.402 facing right-handers suggests a platoon, but Noel logged more than twice as many plate appearances versus righties. His hard-hit rate is middling, but Noel is a fly-ball hitter with an elevated barrel rate, driving power. As with many uppercut swings, contact is an issue, especially since Noel swings at almost half the pitches he sees out of the zone. Not noted for his glove, he has a plus arm and plus speed, and was passable in right field. At minimum, Noel should face every southpaw starter, but with better swing decisions, he could be more. Read Past Outlooks
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#368
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Guardians in March of 2025.
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OFCleveland Guardians
May 19, 2025
Noel started in right field and went 0-for-2 before being lifted for a pinch hitter in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Reds.
ANALYSIS
Noel's average slipped to .150 following his hitless day, and he has one hit over the last 23 at-bats. He's been part of a platoon in right field with Nolan Jones, but something may have to change soon. Guardians right fielders rank last in batting average (.170), 29th in OPS (.517) and 29th in slugging (.288). Lane Thomas (wrist), who is expected to return in the coming days, could help alleviate the problem.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
3
1
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
3
3
1
4/164/174/184/194/204/214/224/234/264/264/274/284/294/305/15/25/35/45/65/65/75/95/105/115/125/135/145/165/175/18987654321
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+8%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+107%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+42%
OPS vs LHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .700 101 15 7 16 0 .194 .238 .462
Since 2023vs Right .651 181 19 8 21 0 .199 .265 .386
2025vs Left .270 38 4 0 2 0 .111 .132 .139
2025vs Right .558 46 5 2 7 0 .182 .217 .341
2024vs Left .968 63 11 7 14 0 .246 .302 .667
2024vs Right .683 135 14 6 14 0 .205 .281 .402
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+46%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+115%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+37%
OPS at Home
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .779 154 21 10 21 0 .232 .286 .493
Since 2023Away .535 128 13 5 16 0 .154 .219 .316
2025Home .555 48 6 2 5 0 .196 .229 .326
2025Away .258 36 3 0 4 0 .088 .111 .147
2024Home .884 106 15 8 16 0 .250 .311 .573
2024Away .646 92 10 5 12 0 .181 .261 .386
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 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
0.11
 
BB Rate
3.6%
 
K Rate
32.1%
 
BABIP
.192
 
ISO
.100
 
AVG
.150
 
OBP
.179
 
SLG
.250
 
OPS
.429
 
wOBA
.190
 
Exit Velocity
91.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
25.9%
 
Barrels/PA
3.6%
 
Expected BA
.168
 
Expected SLG
.260
 
Sprint Speed
23.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
53.7%
 
Line Drive %
9.3%
 
Fly Ball %
37.0%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
2022
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.
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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Stuck in short side of platoon
OFCleveland Guardians
May 7, 2025
Noel is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Nationals, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.
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Idle for Game 2
OFCleveland Guardians
May 6, 2025
Noel isn't in the lineup for the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader versus Washington.
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Taking seat for Game 1
OFCleveland Guardians
May 6, 2025
Noel is out of the lineup for Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Nationals.
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Taking seat again Monday
OFCleveland Guardians
May 5, 2025
Noel is not in the lineup for Monday's game versus the Nationals.
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Retreating to bench Sunday
OFCleveland Guardians
May 4, 2025
Noel is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.
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