On Tuesday, New York Mets president Sandy Alderson spoke to the media. This virtual meeting came just a day after Mets general manager Jared Porter was fired.
Porter lost his job after news broke that he had sent explicit, unsolicited text messages and photos to a foreign female reporter back in 2016 when he was the Chicago Cubs director of professional scouting.
Alderson referred to Porter’s behavior as “abhorrent” and that it wouldn’t be tolerated by the organization.
Alderson spent a significant portion of the Zoom call discussing a cultural change within the club, and repeatedly noted that what Porter did goes against that change and “what we want the club to represent”.