Mickey Moniak’s hitting streak ended Thursday night, but the Rockies left New York with a win and the former No. 1 overall pick left with a league-leading slugging mark. Moniak went 0-for-3 with a strikeout and a walk as Colorado beat the Mets 6-2, snapping a six-game losing streak and improving to 15-23.
The 18-game streak matched Moniak’s previous best and put him alone atop the National League slugging race at.700. He also ranked second in the league in wRC+ at 176 and third in home runs with 11, a surge that has come fast for a player who missed Colorado’s first six games after spraining his right ring finger while diving back to first base in spring training.
That delayed start makes the numbers sharper. Moniak entered Thursday with barely enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title before reaching the threshold, and his production has been doing most of the talking since. He is in his second season with the Rockies, a club that has been described as not on pace to approach last year’s 119 losses, and his power profile has fit a lineup that rewards getting the ball in the air.
The streak that ended Thursday was not just a hot week stretched long. Moniak had previously put together an 18-game run from July 2 to July 28, 2023, while playing for the Angels, and this one tied that personal best before the first hitless night in nearly three weeks. He struck out once, walked once and never found the gap against New York.
There is still a wider problem for Colorado beyond one player’s box score. Moniak’s breakout has not been enough to erase the club’s early-season stumble, and Thursday’s win only brought the Rockies back to 15-23. But for a lineup that has spent much of the month chasing, his.318/.367/.700 line and 11 homers have become the clearest sign that the offense can still produce a real middle-of-the-order threat.
The next test is whether Moniak’s power holds once the hitting streak glow is gone. The streak ended, but the underlying production did not, and that is what makes Thursday more interesting than a quiet 0-for-3 night: Colorado may have found a bat strong enough to change the shape of its season.
