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Mets: Appreciating Bobby Jones and what he gave the rotation

13 Apr 1997: Pitcher Bobby Jones of the New York Mets throws a pitch during a game against the San Francisco Giants at Shea Stadium in Flushing, New York. The Giants won the game 5-1. Mandatory Credit: Rick Stewart /Allsport

During the down years of the 1990s, Bobby Jones was one of the steadier starting pitching in the New York Mets rotation.

The 1990s featured many supposedly great pitchers coming up through the New York Mets system. Generation K was supposed to be the next great trio. Sadly, things didn’t work out as planned.