Mets’ Zack Scott Pleads Not Guilty on Drunken-Driving Charge

Scott had been a runner-up to Porter for the Mets’ general manager position in December. Still, the Mets hired Scott, who had spent the previous 17 years with the Boston Red Sox, including tenures as their senior vice president and assistant general manager.

Scott’s arrest was the latest high-profile episode for the Mets, an organization seemingly wrestling with constant problems on and off the field. After the firings of hitting instructor Ryan Ellis and Porter following sexual harassment complaints, the Mets hired a law firm to investigate the team’s culture. In June, Cohen announced new guidelines to address a workplace that some said fostered sexist and bullying behavior.

On the field, the Mets have struggled, dropping from first place in the National League East to third in less than a month, and are now fighting to even reach the playoffs. At 65-67, they were five and a half games out of the second N.L. wild-card spot entering Thursday.

In early August, as the Mets began to slip in the standings — a stretch Scott called “unacceptably bad” — he also suggested injured players were not taking care of themselves.

“These are all individuals and control their own bodies and sometimes they are not as compliant as they should be,” Scott told reporters then. “You’ve got to take ownership of your career and your health as well.”

Kevin Draper and David Waldstein contributed reporting.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/sports/baseball/zack-scott-mets-dwi.html