Jared Porter placed on Ineligible List

Former Mets general manager Jared Porter was officially placed on Major League Baseball’s Ineligible List Wednesday, following the completion of the league’s investigation.

Porter was fired by the Mets on Jan. 19, just five weeks after hiring him as the club’s new GM.

“My office has completed its investigation into alleged inappropriate conduct by Jared Porter,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement announcing the decision. “Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Porter violated MLB’s policies, and that placement on the Ineligible List is warranted. We are committed to providing an appropriate work environment consistent with our values for all those involved in our game.”

Porter’s placement on the Ineligible List is immediate and will continue until the end of the 2022 season. At that time, Porter will be eligible to apply for reinstatement.

An ESPN report in January revealed that Porter had sent inappropriate text messages to a female reporter in 2016 while working in the Cubs’ front office.

Per the report, Porter met and began texting with the reporter that year, sending more than 60 unanswered messages at one point. In response to the story, Porter acknowledged texting the woman, though he denied sending explicit photos of himself as had been reported.

Less than eight hours after ESPN released its story, the Mets fired the 41-year-old Porter.

“With respect to the series of incidents involving Jared, those are the kinds of things that this organization, and many others, find abhorrent and not tolerable in any shape or form,” team president Sandy Alderson said at the time. “We responded as quickly as we possibly could.”

New Mets owner Steve Cohen also addressed the issue shortly after making the decision to fire Porter.

“In my initial press conference, I spoke about the importance of integrity, and I meant it,” Cohen wrote on Twitter. “There should be zero tolerance for this type of behavior.”