The New York Mets fired Jared Porter as general manager in 2021 after just 38 days after he admitted sending an inappropriate text message to a reporter in 2016 while he was an official with the Chicago Cubs.
Porter’s initial remarks regarding his termination were made in a Friday edition of the Baseball Isn’t Boring podcast.
Porter was sacked on January 19, 2021, just nine hours after an ESPN story revealed that he had sent a female reporter sexually explicit, unsolicited text messages and photographs. Porter was released by the Mets from the Arizona Diamondbacks on December 13, 2020.
Porter stated that the relationship was unsuitable for numerous reasons, including the reporter and, of course, for me personally. As I go through that, I want to be really accountable for that. However, when the story originally appeared, it was insane, filled with a great deal of humiliation and terror. I reached out to a few people, you know.
Naturally, I discussed the problem with my wife, family, and my coworkers at the time at the Mets. However, as I mentioned before, I felt responsible for my actions and that I put myself in that predicament. As you may know, I chose to send the text message, even though I really shouldn’t have.
Porter claimed he never saw Mets owner Steve Cohen and never went to his office at Citi Field because he was hired during the coronavirus pandemic.
Porter could see why he was sacked by Cohen and Sandy Alderson, the team president.
Look, I was having a great time working with Sandy, Steve, and the team they had assembled at the Mets. “They offered me the position of general manager, which was an amazing opportunity,” he stated.
And look, when the piece was released, they had to decide what was best for the New York Mets, and I knew they would. I have absolutely no animosity toward them, you know. They did make the right choice for the Mets, in my opinion. I regret putting them and myself in that predicament.
Porter claimed that he was able to contact the head of the Diamondbacks’ employee support program after receiving a text message from managing general partner Ken Kendrick. Porter was sent to The Meadows, an addiction and emotional trauma treatment facility in Arizona, by that individual. Porter was there for roughly a week.
According to Porter, I actually went from trading for Francisco Lindor only a few weeks prior to being admitted to an inpatient mental health facility where I was prohibited from wearing shoelaces until I was judged not to pose a risk of suicide. Therefore, it was real. It was slamming against me.
Porter then spent eight or nine weeks receiving outpatient treatment five days a week at The Meadows facility in Scottsdale.
My emotional walls were enormous. He remarked, “You know, I think I lacked some boundaries.”
Major League Baseball suspended Porter through the 2022 season; he turned 45 on Tuesday. Porter claimed to have been involved in the founding of Blend, a business that provides mental health skills training to young people, collegiate athletes, and professional athletes.
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