"Generation K" was the catchy moniker assigned to hard throwers Bill Pulsipher, Jason Isringhausen and Paul Wilson, the trio of Mets pitchers who arrived with much fanfare in the mid-1990s.
Their potential never was fulfilled with the Mets, and that era serves as a cautionary tale with the current ramped-up expectations for the most promising and deepest starting rotation in the team's history.
There is one striking similarity between the staffs of 20 years ago and today: Each can be labeled Generation TJ for the frequency of Tommy John surgeries, a procedure which replaces the ulnar collateral ligament in the affected elbow with a tendon from elsewhere in the body.