It’s a new week and we got a new player review, this time for successful Rule 5 draftee Ryan Noda. In spite of a promising 2023 rookie season, 2024 was a very different story for the disciplined first baseman. After a feeble first month, Noda got stuck in Triple-A for nearly the whole rest of the season and is now headed south — both geographically and in the division, heh — to the Los Angeles Angels.
How Was He Acquired?
Following an almost league-worst 60-win season in 2022, the Athletics received the second pick of the Rule 5 Draft and used it to pry Noda away from the Los Angeles Dodgers’ minor league purgatory.