Sources have told me that ESPN analyst Eduardo Perez is not expected to be candidate for the Mets managerial opening. The Mets announced on Thursday afternoon that they agreed with manager Carlos Beltran to mutually part ways. Mets quality control coach Luis Rojas has emerged as an early candidate.
Perez, 50, was a finalist for the Mets managerial opening before they hired Carlos Beltran in early November. He recently signed a multi-year extension with ESPN.
He played first base and the corners of the outfield from 1993 to 2006 before retiring and joining ESPN/ESPN Deportes as an analyst both on-field and in-studio. He has been working with the network intermittently across the past 13 years, serving on the panels of both Monday Night Baseball and Béisbol Esta Noche. He also worked the booth alongside Jason Benetti and Mike Petriello in the televised “Nerdcast” – a Statcast/analytics-focused broadcast – of the National League Wild Card game last October.
Perez was the Marlins hitting coach from 2011-2012 and the Astros bench coach in 2013.
