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Mets star Darryl Strawberry is the NL home run king in our 1984 simulation

PITTSBURGH, PA - 1984: Dwight Gooden #16 and Darryl Strawberry #18 of the New York Mets look on from the dugout during a Major League Baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium in 1984 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images)

The 1984 virtual New York Mets look to return to the postseason on the back of some solid pitching and Darryl Strawberry’s home runs.

The dark days are in the past for the virtual New York Mets, or so I hope. It’s 1984, Keith Hernandez is at first base, Darryl Strawberry is in right field, and every fifth day Dwight Gooden takes the mound.