New York Mets Dismiss General Manager Month After Inking Four-Year Contract

The New York Mets take pride in upholding ethical and professional standards, placing a huge emphasis on integrity.

Though it happened in 2016 and was brought only to the attention of the baseball public now, the fact is that Jared Porter’s actions remain deplorable.

In reaction to that 2016 event where Porter had allegedly sent a graphic and uninvited text to a female reporter, the Mets fired the 41-year-old general manager who they hired only last month, MLB.com reported.

“With respect to the series of incidents involving Jared, those are the kinds of things that this organization, and many others, find abhorrent and not tolerable in any shape or form,” team president Sandy Alderson said. “We responded as quickly as we possibly could.”

This comes barely hours after ESPN reported that the general manager acknowledged having sent explicit images to a female reporter when he was still working for the Chicago Cubs.

The woman, a foreign correspondent, came forward, but her identity was not revealed. She met Porter at the Yankee Stadium elevator in 2016 and revealed how they talked briefly about international baseball. They exchanged business cards afterward and never spoke again after that.

Porter then casually sent text messages to the foreign reporter, complimenting her for her looks and inviting her out. At one point, the 41-year-old sent a lewd picture which resulted in the female reporter to ignore his messages.

These eventually forced her to leave the journalism industry and return to her country.

The Mets said they were never aware of the issue before hiring him last December. Porter was signed to a four-year deal by New York after spending the last four seasons with the Arizona Razorbacks as senior vice president and assistant general manager.

"In my initial press conference, I spoke about the importance of integrity and I meant it," Mets owner Steve Cohen said in a release. "There should be zero tolerance for this type of behavior."

The Razorbacks also issued a statement on the matter, claiming they were also unaware of this row involving Porter.

“We do not condone this behavior and are extremely troubled by the details that have been reported,’’ a press release read. “We were obviously not aware of these allegations from 2016 and had we been, we would have investigated and addressed the situation immediately.’’