Twenty-two months after getting drafted with the No. 1 overall pick, Mickey Moniak no longer ranks among Baseball America’s 100 best prospects. ESPN’s Keith Law yanked the outfielder from his top-100 list, too. And when MLB.com dropped Moniak from No. 19 before last season to No. 88, it wasn’t meant as an homage to Eric Lindros.
Yet the Phillies still gave Moniak a promotion.
Moniak opened the season with Clearwater in the Florida State League, the most advanced level of Class A ball, despite struggling for most of last season at low-A Lakewood. And through Wednesday, he was batting .