HOUSTON — Astros veteran star Carlos Beltran knows the game and knows the Mets. On Wednesday he told The Post the Mets would make a wise choice if they selected Alex Cora as their next manager.

Cora is currently the bench coach for the Astros.

“The Mets should look into him, no doubt about it and look how well we have played here,’’ Beltran said. “He will be a great manager. He takes a lot of pride in studying the game. He takes a lot of pride into his relationship with the players. I’ve seen that here. That’s huge in baseball. He gets to know you as a person, and he knows what buttons to push.

“He goes around the clubhouse to make sure everyone is doing well, families are doing well, so he cares beyond putting out a good lineup and making sure that he puts the situation in a team to win.’’

The Astros won 101 games this season. They will square off against the Red Sox on Thursday at Minute Maid Park in the ALDS.

“When a team plays well it’s a reflection on chemistry, it’s a reflection on communication, it’s a reflection on the coach staff, a lot of things,’’ Beltran said. “Alex has been a huge part of this team. I hope he gets the opportunity. He will be a good manager.’’

Cora, 41, would not got into any specifics about the Mets or managing, but said he will continue to keep working to attain his goal to one day manage.

“Everybody thought I needed more experience and to be around the new way of baseball,’’ Cora said of this season. “I’m in the perfect place.’’

The Astros under general manager Jeff Luhnow are deeply into analytics and have had tremendous success.

“Jeff, A.J. and scouting and the coaches and players have been amazing,’’ Cora, an ex-Met, said. “They understand I just retired a few years ago and they respect me and have given me the green light to help them out. I’m proud of that.’’

Hinch also had high praise for Cora.

“He’s very sharp, sees the game in an extraordinarily deep way, has really connected well with players in our clubhouse and spent a lot of time developing relationships and being the bench-coach liaison to the clubhouse that I asked him to be,’’ Hinch said.

“I think he’s grown and I think that’s key because it’s not easy to just — no matter how long your career — to jump into a coaching role. Trust me, I know how things can go when you jump right into a job, it’s not easy. So for him to be able to learn, to grow, to evolve, become a better coach. … Those are characteristics as to why he is a hot name in every opening that’s coming up so far this offseason or this postseason and why one day he’s going to manage, whether it’s now or later.’’