Although the 2026 MLB season is still young, Colorado Rockies’ outfielder Mickey Moniak finally seems to be living up to the expectations of 11 years ago, when, as a high schooler, he was the No. 1 overall MLB Draft selection.
There is no backyard barbecue planned for this Memorial Day weekend. Moniak, who is being plugged into all three outfield positions so far this season by Rockies’ manager Warren Schaeffer, and his 25 teammates are in the midst of a four-game series on the road in Phoenix with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Moniak has appeared in 43 of the Rockies 51 games prior to Friday evening’s matchup, but you won’t find any carping coming from the second-season Colorado slugger about the team being scheduled for 16 consecutive days of play. Indeed, feeling wanted, playing regularly, and producing at the plate, as Moniak is doing in 2026, may have seemed improbable not too long ago.
