Doc Gooden thinks “it will be interesting” to see whether the local teams slug it out for supreme free-agent Juan Soto this winter.

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 ...

Dwight Gooden, seen here in September 1984, strikes out a league-leading 276 as a rookie sensation for the Mets.