Mets manager Luis Rojas condemned the behavior of former New York hitting performance coordinator Ryan Ellis on Wednesday but said he never witnessed his longtime co-worker act inappropriately after Ellis was fired last month for sexual harassment.
The Athletic reported Wednesday that in the summer of 2018, three female Mets employees complained to human resources that Ellis, then the minor league hitting coordinator, had directed lewd comments to them in person and via text message.
Ellis, promoted to the big league coaching staff last summer, was fired last month after New York investigated the matter for a second time.