Mickey Moniak hasn’t doom-scrolled on Instagram, really, in more than two years.
It was toxic, the Rockies right fielder figured, back in his days with the Los Angeles Angels. Comparison the thief of joy, and all that. His notifications are off; wife Sophia owns and controls access to the handle @mickeymoniak. He’s plenty happy that way.
Many of his fellow Rockies, through wilting weeks around Coors Field, have similarly turned to online ghosts. First baseman Michael Toglia hasn’t posted since February. Neither has veteran Ryan McMahon. Catcher Jacob Stallings doesn’t have social media altogether. Limit the feed, and you limit the carnage, the ever-ticking loss total that’s drawn a national story to Denver in a town of Broncos, Nuggets and Avs.