Jared Porter Wants the Mets to Win the Season, Not the Off-Season

“He and Sandy are more aligned than they might even know,” Duquette said. “Sandy is very practical and methodical in his decision-making, and that’s what it sounds like Jared is, too. When he makes a recommendation, it’s thorough, it’s thoughtful.

“We always talk about guys in the front office: do you have a feel for people, and a feel for evaluation? He has that feel, from a makeup side of things, to make sure a player fits into the equation. All of those things are skills that are not easily learned.”

Porter, a Minnesota native, was captain of the baseball and hockey teams at Bowdoin College in Maine. He started in baseball as an intern for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod League, then interned for the Red Sox at their spring training site in Fort Myers, Fla., before making his way to Boston and beyond.

“The best thing about Jared is his ability to listen, his ability to hear what I was saying,” said Diamondbacks Manager Torey Lovullo, who called Porter one of his best friends in baseball. “Whether he wanted to or not, he always applied what I was saying. As crazy as my suggestions may or may not have been, he would always accept it, and that meant a lot to me.”

Now, Porter’s voice will have more influence than ever as part of a collaboration that could help him add an “N.Y.” ring for his thumb.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/sports/baseball/jared-porter-mets.html