Among the Mets’ internal candidates for manager, Luis Rojas might be the most well-versed on the modern demands of the job.

Rojas, 38, spent last season as the team’s quality control coach, a hybrid role of sorts between the front office and field staff. Job responsibilities included preparing reports, based on analytical information, to manager Mickey Callaway.

But Rojas, whose father, Felipe Alou, managed the Expos and Giants and brother, Moises Alou, was an All-Star outfielder, has deep roots within the game and the Mets system.

Hired during former general manager Omar Minaya’s tenure, Rojas has spent 14 seasons with the organization, including eight as a manager at the minor league level. Rojas also served as the Mets outfield coach this season, helping with Jeff McNeil’s shift from the infield.

Joe Girardi and Buck Showalter are among the big names Brodie Van Wagenen can hire as manager, but people connected to the Mets also wouldn’t be surprised if the general manager stays in-house and selects Rojas. Other in-house names who could receive consideration include Single-A Brooklyn manager Edgardo Alfonzo, Mets third base coach Gary DiSarcina and Triple-A Syracuse manager Tony DeFrancesco.

“The thing I like is Louie has gone through the process, he has managed in the minor leagues, he’s done really good things this year at the big-league level, working with the outfielders and all the technology that is involved in the game,” said a person who worked closely with Rojas this season. “Louie has got a really good baseball mind and he likes talking the game, he likes talking situations and he’s been in the dugout managing and he has made game decisions.

“They are decisions at the minor league level, but you can ask Jim Leyland and Buck Showalter and all those guys: When that umpire says, ‘Play ball,’ it doesn’t matter if you are in the minor leagues or Low-A or Double-A or Triple-A — your competitive juices are flowing and you are trying to make the right decisions and he’s done a lot of that and he’s had the opportunity to sit there in the big leagues and watch big-league ballgames now, so I think he’s ahead of his time, age-wise.”

Rojas is scheduled to spend this winter managing in the Dominican Republic. From 2011-18, he ascended the managerial ranks in the Mets’ farm system, peaking at Double-A Binghamton. Among other potential in-house candidates, Alfonzo carries a recognizable name after starring for the Mets in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Alfonzo has spent the past three seasons managing at Brooklyn, and according to sources would like to be considered for the major league managerial job. DiSarcina spent the past two seasons as a coach on Callaway’s staff and DeFrancesco led Syracuse to the playoffs this year.

If Rojas isn’t hired as manager, it’s conceivable he could return as the bench coach for the new hire.

“I could see a veteran guy coming in there as manager and they would want Louie to work with him to let the veteran guy mentor him for a couple of years,” said the person who worked closely with Rojas this season. “But maybe they get Louie as manager and get a veteran guy to come in and work as his bench coach.”