New York Mets team president Sandy Alderson addressed the media on Tuesday afternoon, taking questions from reporters for over a half-hour on the firing of Jared Porter as the team’s general manager following ESPN’s bombshell report on Monday night. Alderson shared that he first spoke with Porter around 5:30 PM EST on Monday. In that conversation, Porter confirmed that ESPN would be...
Sandy Alderson said in a press conference Tuesday afternoon the Mets will not immediately seek to replace Jared Porter as general manager following his termination. Alderson said he is comfortable with the front office group the Mets have in place right now, and that he will obviously “be a little more involved” in baseball operations once again. He did note that “in his...
Updated, 2:25 PM EST: As reported by Bob Nightengale of USA Today Sports, Major League Baseball is launching an investigation in jettisoned New York Mets general manager Jared Porter, who was fired Tuesday morning after ESPN’s late-Monday report detailing his sexual harassment of a female journalist in 2016. Porter, 41, could be facing a suspension for his conduct, and Nightengale suggests...
According to Bradford William Davis of the New York Daily News, an unnamed New York Mets player has spoken up in response to Monday night’s bombshell report via Mina Kimes and Jeff Passan of ESPN detailing Mets general manager Jared Porter’s sending of unsolicited, explicit images via text message to a female journalist covering the Chicago Cubs in 2016. The player, per Davis:...
In what has been a wild day for the Mets, Team President Sandy Alderson and GM Jared Porter spoke to reporters starting at 3 p.m. about the trade that saw them acquire Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco from the Cleveland Indians. Here are five things we learned from the press conference. Mets Aren’t Concerned About Extending Lindor One thing that was very apparent early on was the...
All in all, it’s been a quiet winter around baseball. With many team’s suffering revenue losses from the shortened 2020 season and having no fans in attendance, clubs are erring on the side of frugality this offseason. So far, we’ve seen teams non-tender or designate players for assignment that otherwise may not have been during previous winters, and a majority of the top free...
The first major signing of the Steve Cohen era is now in the books. This afternoon, the New York Mets officially announced that they have signed catcher James McCann to a four-year deal worth $40.6 million and a $600,000 signing bonus. Tim Healey of Newsday was first on the terms. According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, the deal is slightly backloaded, as McCann is set to make $8M in 2021/2022...
In his opening press conference, new Mets general manger Jared Porter highlighted the player development department as an area that needs an upgrade within the franchise. He also noted analytics and research as other areas that need improvement. Porter has a strong background in player scouting and development. These were areas the Mets have been trying to upgrade – specifically the...
New York Mets team president Sandy Alderson and newly-hired general manager Jared Porter met with the team’s press corps via Zoom on Monday afternoon, giving a peek into the process that went into hiring and what’s to be expected. Alderson opened with glowing remarks regarding the addition of Porter. “Jared came extremely well-recommended from a variety of different sources....
In a team statement released on Sunday afternoon, the New York Mets officially announced Jared Porter as the team’s new general manager. Porter, 40, spent the past four seasons in Arizona as the Diamondbacks’ senior vice president and director of professional scouting. Prior to landing in the desert in November 2016, Porter was a member of four World Series-winning front offices (Boston, 2004,...
The New York Mets have selected their new general manager. As first reported by Jon Heyman of MLB Network and Joel Sherman of the New York Post, Mets owner Steve Cohen and team president Sandy Alderson have decided on Arizona Diamondbacks senior vice president and assistant general manager Jared Porter, rewarding the new hire with a four-year contract, per Sherman. Porter, 40, began his ascent...
Mike Puma of the New York Post provided an update on the New York Mets’ ongoing search for a general manager on Saturday, naming Boston Red Sox assistant GM Zack Scott and Arizona Diamondbacks assistant GM Jared Porter as “likely” finalists. Scott’s been in the Red Sox organization since 2004, joining the team as an intern and advancing until being named the team’s...
