Moniak is having the best spring so far among the candidates to be the Angels’ fourth outfielder, but the team may opt to have him playing every day in the minors.
TEMPE, Ariz. — Mickey Moniak may finally have discovered the formula for success in the big leagues.
Moniak then fractured his left middle finger when he was bunting a few games into his Angels career. After a month on the injured list, he came back and was hit on a knuckle of his left hand by a foul ball in the final week of the season. General manager Perry Minasian said before spring training began that the plan was to have Brett Phillips as the fourth outfielder, with Moniak and Jo Adell in Triple-A. The Angels signed Phillips as a free agent over the winter, guaranteeing him $1.2 million.
It’s also possible that the Angels could prefer to have Phillips on the bench in the majors and Moniak playing every day at Triple-A, just to keep Moniak going. Playing time for the fourth outfielder will be limited behind starters Mike Trout, Hunter Renfroe and Taylor Ward. Moniak and Adell can both be optioned, but Phillips can’t.
“Obviously you want to be in the big leagues, contributing to a big league roster and contributing to a playoff push, but I’m very aware of the situation here,” he said. “It’s a business. At the end of the day, I’ve seen the ins and outs of it over the last three years. The one the one constant is going back to just control what you can control.
“Some guys just mature within the game later than others,” Nevin said. “I was one of them as a player myself, so I’m drawn to that a little bit. He’s doing a heck of a lot of good things for us.”
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