Jhonkensy Noel #43

JHONKENSY NOEL...Pronounced \\jh-AAN-ken-zee\\; which rhymes with SHAWN-ken-zee...Daughter, Jala Marie...Hobbies including spending time with family/going on getaways with them, enjoying the beach...Favorite artists are Future, 50 Cent, Lil Baby...Favorite players growing up were David Ortiz and Adrian Beltre...Nicknamed: La Belleza – (the Beauty) by teammates.

2023

Spent entire season at AAA Columbus, leading team in HR (27) and RBI (85)...Finished T1st in the CLE PD system in runs (81), second in HR, RBI, XBH (50) and TB (218)...Was seventh in the Int'l League in HR and T9th in RBI...Reached safely in 19 straight games, April 16-May 9 (had a 15-game streak in June)...Made 45 starts in LF, 39 in RF, 25 at 1B, 18 at 3B and 10 at DH...796 OPS vs. LHP...At 21, was five years younger than average IL player (just 5 PA vs. younger pitchers).

2022

Batted a combined .229 (111/485) with 26 2B, two 3B, 32 HR, 80 runs and 84 RBI in 133 games…60 of his 111 hits went for XBH...Led the organization in homers and XBH and finished second in RBI and total bases (237) and third in slugging pct. (.489)…32 HR were tied for sixth in all of Minor League Baseball...His 19HR at High-A Lake County were T5th in the Midwest League despite not appearing there after June 23… Promoted to Akron on June 24 and AAA on Sept. 21… Participated in the Futures Game in LA...Started the season at 3B, made transition to OF on 5/21 and appeared in just one game at third the remainder of the season…Combined on the year he made 24 starts at third base (all with LC), 49 starts in RF, 25 at DH, 17 apiece in LF and first base...Enjoyed 5 two-homer games, including back-to-back on June 30-July 2 at Erie (4HR, 6 RBI)… HR in three straight, 6/2-6/4, and, 6/12-6/15…Went 84 AB between HR on 7/29 vs. Harrisburg and 8/25 vs. Richmond…Batted .330 (30- for-91) over his last 25 games in Akron, 8/21-9/18, with 12 2B, 4HR, 20 RBI…All but nine PA came against pitchers older than him…Split wise had a .218/.293/.488/.781 slash line vs. RHP and .269/.372/.490/.862 vs. LHP

2021

Had a tremendous year, hitting a combined .340 (90-for-265) with 14 2B, 1 3B, 19 homers and 66 RBI in 70 games between Low-A Lynchburg and High-A Lake County (.390/.615/1.005)...Would have led organization in all of the ratio stats with the requisite number of plate appearances and finished second in the system in homers (19) and RBI (66) despite missing almost two months due to injuries (hand/ankle)...His combined .340 average would have been third-highest among all 2021 Minor Leaguers while his .615 slugging pct. and 1.005 OPS would have placed fourth...Was limited to just two games over a 57-day span at Lynchburg with a bruised hand (HBP, 5/24-6/3) and left ankle sprain (6/6-7/19) and appeared on a 6-game rehab in the Arizona Complex League... At this time of his original hand injury (May 23) he was tied for first in the Low-A East League in HR (5), leading in slugging (.672), second in RBI (21) and fourth in OPS (1.052)...His second stint with Lynchburg, July 20-Aug. 14, he batted .436 (34-for-78) with 4 2B, 6 HR, 19 RBI in 21 games (1.220 OPS) before being promoted to High-A Lake County on August 15, spending the rest of the year with the Captains....Posted a pair of two-homer games for the Captains, giving him four for the season.. Combined on the year he batted .350 (71-for-203) off RHP, .306 (19-for-62, 7 HR) off LHP, .380 (35-for-92) with RISP and .404 (55-for-136) with runners on base...Batted .512 (22-for-43) with RISP for Lynchburg...Combined on the year he appeared in 35 games at third base and 18 games at first base...Named top power-hitting prospect hitter in the system according to Baseball America.