It has been a crazy few weeks for Mets fans. From the trades they've made to the ones they haven't, from Wilmer Flores' on-field emotion to his heroics a few days later, from blown ninth-inning leads to their overtaking of the Washington Nationals in the National League East, it has indeed been a roller-coaster ride. But there has been one constant behind their 2015 success: that powerful starting rotation, featuring the young three-headed monster of Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard.

The Mets have been patiently waiting for the pitching talent that has been evolving in their minor leagues to jell at the major league level, and that moment has arrived. Harvey, their first-round pick in the 2010 draft, was the first to arrive, coming up in a 2013 tour de force that saw him finish fourth in the NL Cy Young Award voting. That performance was followed by Tommy John surgery, however, which cost him the entire 2014 season.

I first saw Harvey pitch at the tender age of 15, at a Major League Scouting Bureau invitational workout on Long Island. He was already popping 94 mph on the radar gun and had a power curve, a projectable frame and workable arm action and mechanics. To this day, he's the best pitcher I've ever seen at that age. There have been a few bumps along the way, but at 26, he's everything I thought he could become.

I also saw Syndergaard pitch in person when he was young, as I scouted him in his first full season as a pro at age 18. He showed upper-90s heat with power sinker, plus lots of missed or sawed-off swings. He had a long, lanky frame with tons of projection, and while his arm, action and delivery weren't ideal, there was an awful lot to like. He's still only 22, and his ceiling is as high as they come.

DeGrom's story is a little different.