Phillies’ prospects Crawford, Moniak hit first home runs this week

By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor

Arguably the two most important prospects in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system — current top prospect J.P. Crawford and 2016 No. 1 overall pick Mickey Moniak, both recorded their first home runs at their respective levels of the minor leagues this week. 

Crawford, a week after making a play at shortstop that drew comparisons to Derek Jeter, hit his first home run at the Triple A level Tuesday, a go-ahead shot that just cleared the glove of New York Yankees' top prospect Aaron Judge. 

This, of course, wasn't Crawford's first home run of the season, as he had three home runs at the Double A level before being promoted to Triple A. 

In addition to Crawford's first Triple-A blast, Matt Winkleman of Phillies Minor Thoughts says that this morning, Mickey Moniak hit his first professional home run:

In the restart of yesterday's GCL game, Jimmy Cordero pitched a scoreless inning and Mickey Moniak hit his first career home run

— Matt Winkelman (@Matt_Winkelman) July 7, 2016

Moniak, though he's playing in the Gulf Coast League to start his career, is currently teammates with two potential top prospects, top 2015 international signee Jhailyn Ortiz, who is batting .313, and 2015 first-round pick Cornelius Randolph, who is currently rehabbing with the team.