Just over a month after being appointed as the new general manager of the New York Mets, on Tuesday morning the board chose to fire Jared Porter from his post after Jeff’s move to ESPN on Monday night. bring to light a delicate matter against him.
They go on to publish a column in which a former foreign reporter was harassed by Porter in 2016 when this was part of the main office of the Chicago Cubs. According to the article, Porter sent explicit photos to the lady, as well as several “bold” messages. After this unfortunate scandal, the owner of Mets, Steve Cohen, had no choice but to run to Porter after 37 days of having started his management.
Shows of outrage over Porter five years ago have had an effect on the baseball guild, even the Mets’ own players like opening pitcher Noah Syndergaard, have reacted to their social media for the shameful event.
“Thor,” as he is also known to Syndergaard because of his strong resemblance to the Marvel superhero, reacted to the dismissal of Jared Porter with a tweet from an image of actor Clint Eastwood, when he starred that famous film: “Gran Torino”, in 2008.
After the seriousness of the allegations against Jared Porter, it is rumored that MLB will do its own investigation around the case and the executive could even be vetoed for life of any rank in the Major Leagues.