Former Mets star Dwight “Doc” Gooden was one of those pitching prodigies that comes along about once every half century, if that. You had to be around back then to believe it.

Dwight Gooden will have his No. 16 retired by the Mets on April 14. MLB Photos via Getty Images “That’s something people don’t understand with my career,” Sheffield said this week.

Gooden, whose number is retired by the Mets after helping them win the 1986 World Series, isn’t too concerned with Soto hitting just .236 with eight homers, 21 RBIs and a .787 OPS, though 182 at ...

Dwight Gooden understands the comparisons to Paul Skenes, including one by his former teammate Ron Darling, since both are power pitchers possessing an ability to control the strike zone.

Gooden, 59, played for the Mets from 1984-94, winning the 1984 NL Rookie of the Year and the 1985 NL Cy Young Award. He went 194-112 with a 3.51 ERA and 2,293 strikeouts in 16 seasons, ...

NEW YORK — When Mets legend Dwight Gooden, 59, made his MLB debut in 1984, he became an instant sensation.A little more than 40 years later, after years of mental health battles and substance ...

Gooden was introduced to the 24-year-old before a Grapefruit League game recently. Sproat told him he struggled to be himself in Triple-A, and Gooden tried to give him advice based on his ...

The foundation for Dwight Gooden’s dominant 1985 season was laid a year before, when he was a 19-year-old rookie for the New York Mets.. Playing in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San ...