Yankees have reached out to Gooden

SEATTLE — The Yankees are ready to help one of their own.

Amid reports that former Yankees and Mets pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden is struggling with cocaine addiction and that he and his former teammate on both clubs, Darryl Strawberry, are feuding about the severity of his current health, a Yankees spokesperson confirmed to MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch that the organization “reached out through others to offer any services or assistance necessary,” as was originally reported by the New York Daily News.

After Gooden did not show up for a scheduled radio appearance in New York last week, Strawberry, the former Mets and Yankees slugger who also has struggled with addiction, told the Daily News that Gooden, 51, is a “junkie-addict” and that he was revealing this to the public because he believes that Gooden’s life is in danger unless he gets help now. Gooden responded angrily to WNYM radio host Joe Piscopo on Monday and in the New York Post on Tuesday.

“The Darryl thing hurt me a lot, because I had just thought we re-established our …

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