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Jhonkensy Noel

Dominican baseball player (born 2001)

Baseball player

Jhonkensy Noel
Noel with the Columbus Clippers in 2023
Cleveland Guardians – No. 43
First baseman / Outfielder
Born: (2001-07-15) July 15, 2001 (age 23) San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 26, 2024, for the Cleveland Guardians
MLB statistics (through July 13, 2024)
Batting average	.257
Home runs	4
Runs batted in	7

Teams
Cleveland Guardians (2024–present)

Jhonkensy Noel (born 15 July 2001) is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.

Career

Noel signed with the Cleveland Indians organization as an international free agent on July 15, 2017.^[1] He made his professional debut in 2018 with the Dominican Summer League Indians, batting .243 with ten home runs and 34 runs batted in over 64 games. In 2019, he played for the Arizona League Indians where he hit .287 with six home runs and 42 runs batted in over 47 games. He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season.^[2] Noel split the 2021 season between the Arizona League, the Lynchburg Hillcats, and the Lake County Captains, slashing .340/.390/.615 with 19 home runs and 66 runs batted in over 70 games.^[3]

The newly named Cleveland Guardians selected Noel to their 40-man roster on November 19, 2021.^[4] Noel was optioned to the Triple-A Columbus Clippers to begin the 2023 season.^[5]

On March 12, 2024, Noel was cut from major league spring training camp and optioned to Triple-A Columbus to start the year.^[6] He made his major league debut on June 26, and he hit a home run in his first major league at bat.^[7]

References

^ Ingraham, Jim (4 July 2021). "Jhonkensy Noel Makes Lots of Hard Contact". Baseball America. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ Adler, David (30 June 2020). "2020 Minor League Baseball season canceled". MLB.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ Pontes, Geoff (2 December 2021). "10 MLB Hitting Prospects With Intriguing Analytical Characteristics". www.baseballamerica.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "Guardians Announce Series Of 40-man Roster Moves". CleGuardians.com. 19 November 2021. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Guardians' Jhonkensy Noel: Optioned to Triple-A". CBSSports.com. 14 March 2023. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
^ Joe Noga, cleveland com (12 March 2024). "Guardians cut nine minor leaguers from spring training roster". cleveland. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ Martinez-Lopez, Melanie (26 June 2024). "Wildest 1st AB ever? 'Big Christmas' loses bat, then HRs". MLB.com. Retrieved 1 July 2024.