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He has literally trained his whole life to be a manager,' Van Wagenen said. 'Luis has grown up with baseball in his blood, as his family is part of baseball royalty,' Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon said in a statement.Ī minor league manager for eight years, Rojas has worked in the organization since 2007 but had never coached in the majors before joining Mickey Callaway's staff last season. The 38-year-old Rojas is the son of former Montreal Expos and San Francisco Giants manager Felipe Alou and the brother of ex-big league outfielder Moises Alou, who spent his final two pro seasons with the Mets from 2007-08. Every returning player on the roster has a relationship with him, and that's valuable to us at this time.'īeltran was let go last week as part of the fallout from the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal.

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'He knows these guys, and he knows how to communicate to them.

He was part of it last year,' general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said Wednesday. 'He has a good finger on the pulse of this particular team. He is to be introduced Friday at a Citi Field news conference. Rojas became New York's fourth manager in the past 2½ years - and third in four months. 'I believe this team and coaching staff can do special things, and I look forward to working together with everyone to reach our goals.' 'I will work tirelessly to help this team win,' Rojas said in a statement. Rojas, who had been the Mets' quality-control coach, was given a multiyear contract. New York announced the move Thursday, a week after Beltran departed without managing a game.

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