SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Jared Porter hung up the phone. He couldn’t move. He couldn’t speak. He was in an utter state of shock.
It was all over.
His dream job. His 20-year baseball career. His entire reputation.
Porter, hired by the New York Mets to be owner Steve Cohen’s first general manager was fired just 38 days later on Jan. 19, 2021.
A foreign female reporter revealed to ESPN that Porter had harassed her, sending dozens of inappropriate text messages and a lewd photo in 2016 while he was scouting director of the Chicago Cubs.