Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the discipline Wednesday, AP Share Jared Porter acknowledged he sent an inappropriate text message to a reporter while he was a Chicago Cubs executive in 2016, which led to the New York Mets firing him as general ...

The former general manager was fired by the Mets in 2021 after an ESPN report detailing that he sent sexually explicit, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter.

Former Mets GM Jared Porter acknowledged sending an inappropriate text message to a reporter while he was a Cubs executive in 2016, which led to his firing in New York in 2021.

In his first public comments in nearly four years, Jared Porter acknowledged sending the inappropriate messages that cost him his job as Mets general manager, said he holds no ill will toward the team and painted a picture of a changed man.