Noel Arguelles

Noel Argüelles [ar-goo-ay'-yehs] (born January 12, 1990) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in the Kansas City Royals organization. With shortstop José Iglesias, Argüelles defected from the Cuban junior national team while in Canada. Argüelles signed with the Royals in December 2009. After he signed, Argüelles developed shoulder pain that prevented him from pitching in 2010 and necessitated shoulder surgery in August 2010. He debuted in the Royals organization for the Class-A Wilmington Blue Rocks in 2011.