La Costa’s Mickey Moniak finds success, comfort on Angels’ star-studded roster

In the spring of 2016, La Costa Canyon High School’s baseball field was the place to be. Scouts by the carloads came to see Mavericks center fielder Mickey Moniak. Scouts soon gave way to cross-checkers. That morphed into general managers and even team owners. Days before that year’s draft, LCC baseball coach Justin Machado predicted the Philadelphia Phillies would take Moniak with the first overall pick.