Ryan Anthony Noda (born March 30, 1996) is an American

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for the

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(MLB).

Amateur career

Noda attended

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in Fox Lake, Illinois. He was not drafted after graduating, and then attended the

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, playing three seasons with the Bearcats. In his

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season, Noda recorded a .230 batting average, seven

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s, and 32

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(RBI). In addition, he made a one-

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pitching appearance and did not allow a

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. After his freshman season in 2015, he played

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for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the

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(CCBL), and helped lead the Red Sox to the league championship. As a

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, he batted .250 with six home runs and 34 RBI. Following his sophomore season in 2016, he returned to the CCBL, playing for the

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. In his final season with Cincinnati, Noda hit .236 with nine home runs and 36 RBI.

Professional career

Toronto Blue Jays

The

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selected Noda in the 15th round of the

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, and assigned him to the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays of the

Appalachian League The Appalachian League is a collegiate summer baseball league that operates in the Appalachian regions of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Designed for rising freshmen and sophomores using wood bats, its season runs from ...

. In 66 games, Noda recorded a .364 batting average, seven home runs, and 39 RBI. He spent the 2018 season with the Single-A Lansing Lugnuts, posting a .256/.421/.484 slash with 20 home runs, 80 RBI, and 14 stolen bases across 124 games. In 2019, Noda made 117 appearances for the High-A

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, hitting .238/.372/.418 with 13 home runs, 74 RBI, and 14 stolen bases. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the

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Los Angeles Dodgers

Noda was traded to the

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on February 23, 2021, as the player to be named later in the deal that sent

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to the Blue Jays in 2020. He was assigned to the

Tulsa Drillers The Tulsa Drillers are a minor league baseball team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The team, which plays in the Texas League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers major-league club. Stadium The Drillers play at ONEOK Field (pronounc ...

of the Double-A Central and played in 113 games for them, hitting .250 with 29 home runs and 78 RBI. He was selected as a post-season Double-A Central all-star. Noda was promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers to begin the 2022 season, where he played in 135 games with a .259 average, 25 home runs and 90 RBI.

Oakland Athletics

On December 7, 2022, the

selected Noda with the second pick of the Rule 5 draft. On March 27, 2023, the Athletics announced that Noda made their

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roster. Noda appeared in 128 games with the A's in 2023 and was the team's primary first baseman despite breaking his jaw while fielding in mid-July. Noda was leading the American League with 60 walks at the time of the injury. Overall, he hit 16 home runs, drove in 54 runs, and walked 77 times. He was among the team's top hitters, finishing first in runs, walks, and

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(OBP), second in on-base plus slugging (OPS), and third in plate appearances, home runs, RBIs, total hits, and batting average. He was also third among all rookies in total walks.

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