There was a time when the baseball world had turned its head on Colorado Rockies outfielder Mickey Moniak. Oh, how things have changed.
Four years ago, Mickey Moniak’s MLB career seemed over. Selected first overall by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2016 draft, he quickly fizzled out in Philadelphia before moving to the Los Angeles Angels midway through the 2022 season. There, his career saw a modest revival—nothing spectacular, but a step in the right direction.
Then he came to Denver.
Since joining the Colorado Rockies last season, Moniak has been on an extraordinary hot streak. In 2025, he hit .270/.306/.518—solid numbers proving he always had top-tier potential. But even after that performance, no one could have predicted his start to the current season.
His .712 slugging percentage and 1.050 OPS are astounding, even early on. Yes, the sample is small, but it’s still impressive. In fact, it’s not that small: since June 2025, his .619 slugging percentage ties for the MLB lead with Athletics infielder Nick Kurtz. The only word for it is: wow.
Moniak’s Power Surge Continues to Amaze
The season isn’t even a month old, and Moniak already has three multi-homer games. On April 5, he blasted two beautiful long balls in a 4-1 win over the Phillies—a sweet revenge game against the team that cast him aside. He did it again less than a week later in San Diego, though the Rockies lost 9-5. Then, on April 23, he tortured the Padres once more, going 4-for-5 with two homers. If not for a late bullpen meltdown, Colorado would have won that game.
Win or lose, Moniak’s offensive start to 2026 has been brilliant. While he can’t sustain this pace over a full marathon season, it’s still fantastic to see him capable of such production. Rockies fans who watched him last year knew he had it in him, but even they likely didn’t foresee this level of dominance.
Proving the Critics Wrong at Every Turn
It sounds absurd to say a former No. 1 overall pick has been doubted his whole career, but it’s true. Ever since his underwhelming Phillies stint, much of the baseball world wrote off the Moniak experiment. But while everyone else looked away, Moniak worked tirelessly to silence the skeptics.
And has he ever. It just took time—and a franchise that believed in him—for Moniak to finally shed the burden of expectations. Now that he has, he’s become the Rockies’ most feared hitter and one of the most dangerous bats in all of baseball.
