ATLANTA — J.D. Martinez is receiving his baseball fix as a Mets special assistant and isn’t in a hurry to increase that workload.
The former Mets DH told The Post on Friday that he’s not interested in becoming the team’s next full-time manager. Andy Green is filling the position on an interim basis following Carlos Mendoza’s firing last week, but has indicated he plans to return to his player development role after the season.
“I like my freedom,” Martinez said before the Mets lost 5-3 to the Braves at Truist Park. “I have worked too many years to not keep it.”
Martinez has a 1 ½-year-old daughter and is enjoying the luxury of world travel — he’s planning a fishing trip in Fiji later this summer — and building his own schedule.