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Alex Cora declined an offer to become the Phillies manager, and the Mets also can cross him off any current managerial list they may have.

“I accepted to be a full-time dad,” Cora texted The Post.

Beyond being a great baseball man, Cora is a family man happily taking the opportunity to spend the summer with his kids following his firing after seven-plus seasons with the Red Sox. He also is 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.

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