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The Orioles are hiring.

Hawkins oversaw the player development program in Cleveland, and the Cubs are no doubt hoping to bring that success over to Chicago.

Jan. 19, 2021 Jared Porter (center) spend four years with the Arizona Diamondbacks before joining the New York Mets. (Photo courtesy of Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic) PHOENIX – News that New York Mets general manager and former Arizona Diamondbacks executive Jared Porter sent sexually explicit texts to a female reporter drew widespread criticism, including some from one of sports journalism’s female trailblazers. “I’m saddened that we’re still having these conversations,” said Va...

Report of harassment by fired Mets GM prompts anger, shock Mets statement. (Source: New York Mets via Twitter) By Hunter Hippel | January 20, 2021 at 11:07 AM MST - Updated January 20 at 11:07 AM PHOENIX – News that New York Mets general manager and former Arizona Diamondbacks executive Jared Porter sent sexually explicit texts to a female reporter drew widespread criticism, including some from one of sports journalism’s female trailblazers. We have terminated General Manager Jared Po...

Jason Smith and Mike Harmon react to the breaking story that Mets GM and former Cubs Director of Professional Scouting, Jared Porter messaged explicit photos to a female reporter in 2016.

January 3, 2021 One of the “Best of 2020” articles that ran here at FanGraphs over the holidays featured an under-the-radar right-hander with a unique backstory and a knee-buckling bender. Titled Rangers Prospect Cole Uvila is a Driveline-Developed Spin Monster, the story chronicled, among things, a curveball that had spun upwards of 3,300 RPM in Arizona Fall League action. Honed with the help of technology, the pitch profiled as his ticket to Texas. He’s no longer throwing it. Instead, U...