Mickey Callaway suspended by Angels, pending MLB investigation

Mickey Callaway, the former New York Mets manager who was accused by multiple women of sending sexually suggestive messages and making inappropriate advances, was suspended Tuesday by the Los Angeles Angels, who said in a statement they will continue working with Major League Baseball to conduct an investigation. 

Callaway, 45, was hired as the Angels’ pitching coach in October 2019, weeks after his dismissal following two seasons as manager of the Mets. Five women journalists, in a story published Monday by The Athletic, accused Callaway of inappropriate behavior, ranging from sharing shirtless photos and videos, to incessant text messages and offering to share information if the person “got drunk” with Callaway. 

The accusations date to Callaway’s stint as Cleveland Indians pitching coach from 2013-2017 and continued through his stint as Mets manager in 2018-19. He continued contacting some of the women into 2020, even as he’d moved on to serve as pitching coach with the Angels. 

“He just preyed on women,” said one of Callaway’s accusers, who spoke to The Athletic on condition of anonymity. 

Callaway’s inappropriate actions – which included asking women for explicit photos – were detailed as far back as 2015, and the women involved categorized his behavior as something of an open secret within the game. Yet Callaway continued to get desirable jobs, first with the Mets and the Angels. 

The revelations struck a particular chord in New York, where the Mets on Jan. 19 fired general manager Jared Porter just 37 days after hiring him, following an ESPN report that detailed his aggressive harassment of a foreign reporter that included unwanted advances and explicit photos.  

METS: Jared Porter fired as GM after harassing texts to female

MLB: Callaway investigated for inappropriate messages, photos to female reporters