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Jared Porter in Hot Water (split from They Go to Jared) [update: terminated]

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I was setting the odds of him retaining his job at about 61%. Now that I've chewed on it, that may be too high.



On his side, it was X years ago, and it may or may not be a closed issue with the apparent victim. Plus, Cohen allegedly ran a boys-go-crazy show at his hedge fund shop. That could go against him as well, of course.



Against him, besides that, is, well, #TimesUp and #MeToo. Plus Sandy has a solid rep as a class act.



I'm resetting his survival likelihood at 54%. The Mets are damned either way, of course.



Most immediately, this may seriously dick up the pursuit of George Springer.


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Edgy MD wrote:

I was setting the odds of him retaining his job at about 61%. Now that I've chewed on it, that may be too high.


I agree. This sounds like a very serious matter.


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I may well agree, but if the Mets didn't fire him this evening, surely there is some non-zero likelihood they do not.


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It's a holiday weekend and the prudent thing to do is at least talk to the lawyers first. Doing something within 24 hours is fine.



Anything less than termination is unacceptable to me as a fan of the franchise, given that Porter admitted to the coduct.


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Mets.com front office section lists only the following in lieu of names:


Check back soon for updated information.


For comparison's sake, the other four NL East front office directories are all intact.


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Mets player tells Daily News that Jared Porter should be fired for harassing woman reporter: ‘F--king disgusting'



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A player in the Mets' system believes his new GM needs to be fired immediately.



The Daily News granted the player anonymity so he could speak candidly about the growing scandal around GM Jared Porter sending an unwanted photo of his penis to a woman reporter in 2016.



“I just finished reading the article,” the player said of ESPN's Monday night report. “F--king disgusting, the Mets have to fire him. They can't get this wrong. She left the profession because of this man, he cannot be employed.”



Porter sent the woman a photo of an erect penis (that he denies is his own) after 62 straight ignored messages.


https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-jared-porter-mets-firing-20210119-ketzqscamrc2hj2bicnuczx5sy-story.htmlhttps://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-jared-porter-mets-firing-20210119-ketzqscamrc2hj2bicnuczx5sy-story.html


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A few thoughts:



1. Yeah, you gotta get rid of him. The good news is that one of the runners up for the position, Zach Scott, is already in the organization and promoting him seems the easy and logical choice.



2. If "it was somebody else's penis" is supposed to make this less bad, it doesn't.



3. Even if he had stopped just short of the dick pic, he still behaved abominably. 62 consecutive texts (and many of them pretty pathetic) without a response? That's also harassment, and probably worth being fired over.



4. Beyond that, is he unable to take a hint? Does he have any pride? If I was trying to "woo" a woman through texts, if I went a few days and a few texts without a response, I'd probably send a message saying, "Hey, it seems like you're not interested. If I'm wrong, and you've just been busy, let me know. Otherwise, I won't bother you anymore. Thanks." But 62 texts over a period of weeks or months? Had the planet run out of women or something?



5. Thanks for you part in getting us Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco and, most importantly, Joey Lucchesi. Now don't let the door hit you in someone else's ass as you leave.



Sheesh.


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I've been drunk and stupid since 1987 and still managed to not send photos of my boner to anyone. There haven't even been any close calls. And this is ME we're talking about. No means no, dude.


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And he's out. One extremely memorable trade that may be difference-making for years to come, but he deserved to go and go quickly.


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ESPN has never said anything positive about the Mets - EVER.

But this deserves to be aired.

And the penalty is appropriate.



Later


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Benjamin Grimm wrote:

A few thoughts:



1. Yeah, you gotta get rid of him. The good news is that one of the runners up for the position, Zach Scott, is already in the organization and promoting him seems the easy and logical choice.



2. If "it was somebody else's penis" is supposed to make this less bad, it doesn't.



3. Even if he had stopped just short of the dick pic, he still behaved abominably. 62 consecutive texts (and many of them pretty pathetic) without a response? That's also harassment, and probably worth being fired over.



4. Beyond that, is he unable to take a hint? Does he have any pride? If I was trying to "woo" a woman through texts, if I went a few days and a few texts without a response, I'd probably send a message saying, "Hey, it seems like you're not interested. If I'm wrong, and you've just been busy, let me know. Otherwise, I won't bother you anymore. Thanks." But 62 texts over a period of weeks or months? Had the planet run out of women or something?



5. Thanks for you part in getting us Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco and, most importantly, Joey Lucchesi. Now don't let the door hit you in someone else's ass as you leave.



Sheesh.




I agree he had to go and I'm glad Cohen sent that tweet before 8 AM. This would have been a 3-day scandal with the Wilpons.



The penis picture and also the 'bulge in the pants' picture were immediate grounds for getting fired. to your #2 above, i havent read all the texts but unless they were sexually explicit you dont deserve to be fired for being a desperate loser (in your love life) - As long as the texts WERE not individually inappropriate and she didnt tell him to stop.


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well at least Steve Coen is decisive. The worst thing about the Beltran was the protracted nature of it, it made it clear that they were really only thinking about the public perception of things rather than the actuality of events.



Can't say I have any sympathy - I've seen various "it was 5 years ago" stuff, but it wasn't like he was a clumsy overeager teenager.


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That to me is the real takeaway. Either the Mets didn't do any vetting for a very important, face-forward position, or they did and just hoped it would stay under wraps.



Either way, come on.


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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Disturbing that this was something of a known secret that the Mets couldn't manage to get wind of.


This, unfortunately.


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