Jabionski Rico Noel was born on January 11, 1989 in Ville
Platte, Louisiana and is the latest Yankees farm hand to be called up as a
member of September call ups. While Noel was born in Louisiana his family moved
to Oklahoma when he was a junior in High School. Many people don’t know the name Rico Noel so
I thought it would be good to catch up with him and all you all to meet a
prospect, Rico Noel.
Noel attended Lawton High School in Lawton, Oklahoma where
he starred for the school’s baseball and football teams. It was there where
Noel decided he would rather pursue baseball full-time over football and
enrolled at Coastal Carolina University to play college baseball for the
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Noel began his amateur career as a second
baseman before switching to center field in his sophomore year.
Noel did enough at Coastal Carolina to catch the attention
of the San Diego Padres who came calling in the fifth round of the 2010 MLB
First Year Players Draft along with a $163,000 signing bonus. Noel’s
professional career started off well and the speedy outfielder even stolen 90
bases in 2012 while playing in High-A. Noel was also named a Minor League
Baseball All Star for May of 2013 but his steep decline with San Diego began
shortly after the nod. He began the 2015 season inside the Padres organization but
asked for his release in hopes of making it to the Major Leagues.
The Padres released Noel in July and he almost immediately
signed with the New York Yankees. Noel struggled mightily in Triple-A with the
Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders and struggled to the point where he was used
as a pinch runner only for the club. That two to three weeks of pinch running
has prepared him for his identical role with the Yankees big league club as a
September call up.
Welcome to the club Rico, steal me some bases.
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