Dwight Gooden assumed his status was safe. The gold standard in Mets history — set by Gooden in 1985 — most prominently featured baseball’s second-lowest ERA (1.53) since 1920, and the former Cy Young winner believed his magnum opus was unapproachable.
Then came Jacob deGrom, giving Gooden a different perspective of unparalleled dominance.
“I followed him, and I enjoyed watching him,” Gooden told The Post on Thursday. “From what the fans tell me, I felt like what I brought to them, he was bringing to me.”
One night earlier, deGrom saved perhaps his best start of the season for his final outing of the year, throwing eight shutout innings, and allowing two hits and no walks, while striking out 10.