ESPN lands A-Rod. Could Peyton Manning be next?

Peyton Manning (center) more than held his own in the booth alongside NBC’s Cris Collinsworth (left) and Al Michaels (right) during the NFL’s 2016 season opener.ESPN just pulled off a remarkable deal in landing A-Rod. Could the network also land Peyton Manning?

On Tuesday, ESPN announced it has selected former Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez to replace new Yankees manager Aaron Boone as an analyst on Sunday Night Baseball. It’s an interesting deal, considering A-Rod is an analyst for Fox Sports, a gig he doesn’t plan on giving up.

Instead, the two competing networks will share A-Rod; during the regular season, he’ll call games for ESPN alongside newly hired play-by-play announcer Matt…