Jared Porter has been placed on the ineligible list through at least the end of the 2022 season, Major League Baseball has announced.

"My office has completed its investigation into alleged inappropriate conduct by Jared Porter. Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Porter violated MLB's policies, and that placement on the Ineligible List is warranted. We are committed to providing an appropriate work environment consistent with our values for all those involved in our game," Rob Manfred said in a statement.

The New York Mets fired Porter in January, a little more than a month after they hired him as general manager, for sending sexually explicit, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 when he was working for the Chicago Cubs in their front office.

Porter joined the Mets from Arizona, where he had served as the Arizona Diamondbacks' senior vice president and assistant GM since 2017. Before that, he spent 12 years with the Boston Red Sox, rising from intern to pro scouting director, before joining the Cubs organization in September 2015 as director of professional scouting.