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Padres Nick Noonan Hoping to Play for Childhood Team

The Padres signed Nick Noonan to a minor league contract recently and count him in as a player who couldn’t wait for the Padres to come calling. He grew up in San Diego cheering for the Padres and now with an invite to Spring Training it was a chance to fulfill that dream.

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Noonan plays second base, third base and shortstop. In parts of two seasons, Noonan hasn’t yet lived up to his first round Draft Pick billing from 2007 when the Giants picked him. In 22 at-bats with the Giants in 2015, he managed only 2 hits and overall he has a .