Photo by Michael Baron The Mets once had Generation K, three widely vaunted pitching prospects who fans hoped would anchor the rotation for years to come. Many people forget that Bobby Jones was a 1st round pick who also came up with Jason Isringhausen, Paul Wilson and Bill Pulsipher. Aside from Jones who isn't even mentioned in the group the other three never became staples in any rotation. The three promising prospects all lost their chances to injuries, Isringhausen was the only one to even have a career but as a closer not a starter.So what about this four, I keep hearing wait till 2013 were going to have an incredible rotation. It kinda reminds me of around 1993-ish when the last of the 86-88 team was completely gone and we were waiting for Generation K to mature....Many blamed the Mets for Generation K's injury problems for over using their and rushing them to the majors. Sounds similar to Mejia who was the first to go down and was completely miss-used in 2010. Wa...
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