NY Times · Feb 17, 2021
The Mets Quietly Fired a Second Employee for Sexual Harassment
Ryan Ellis was promoted to the Mets’ major league staff last season when Chili Davis, the team’s hitting coach, opted out because of the coronavirus pandemic.Credit...Mike Janes/Four Seam Images, via Associated PressJared Porter wasn’t the only employee the Mets fired in January over allegations of sexual harassment. The team revealed a second dismissal on Wednesday after details of the case were published by The Athletic. According to that report, Ryan Ellis, an organizational hitting coordinator, made explicit and threatening overtures to at least three female team employees, who initially told the club’s human resources department about his behavior in 2018.