Alex Cora declined an offer to become the Phillies manager, and the Mets can also cross him off any current managerial list they may have.
“I accepted to be a full-time dad,” Cora texted to The Post.
Beyond being a great baseball man, he’s a family man, and Cora is happily taking the opportunity following his firing after seven-plus seasons with the Red Sox to spend the summer with his kids. He’s also planning a wedding for the offseason, yet another reason the timing isn’t great to start a new job this summer.
Cora didn’t address the Phillies situation specifically in a text exchange, but a Phillies source confirmed that Cora declined a chance to replace Rob Thomson, who was fired Tuesday as Phillies manager. Bob Nightengale of USA Today first reported that Cora declined the Phillies job.
