The Mets’ two prospects of the year moved quickly — each ascending three levels in one season — but they did so with a focus on walking.

The Mets celebrated the organization’s standouts with a ceremony at Citi Field on Thursday, when notably Christian Scott and Jett Williams were honored for seasons built upon controlling the strike zone.

Scott, a fifth-round pick in 2021 out of the University of Florida, was named the club’s Pitcher of the Year after breezing through Low-A St. Lucie, High-A Brooklyn and spending most of his season at Double-A Binghamton.

The righty pitched to a combined ERA of 2.57 with 107 strikeouts in 82 ²/₃ innings — compared with just 12 walks.

“I know hitting’s the hardest thing in sports, so try to make it as hard on them as I possibly can,” the 24-year-old said before the Mets finished a series with the Marlins. “It’s really a chess match in there and just being able to get quick outs as best as I can.”

Williams, a 19-year-old who was picked out of his Texas high school in the first round last year, made it all the way to Binghamton in his first full season as a professional.

The 5-foot-6, righty swinger finished with an .876 OPS, 13 home runs and 45 steals in 121 games, which included an eye-popping 104 walks.

“If I don’t get my pitch, don’t swing — it’s a lot easier said than done, obviously,” said Williams, who struck out just 118 times this season. “I’m very aggressive when it’s my pitch, but if it’s not my pitch, I just take it.”

Among hitters with at least 350 at-bats, Williams’ 19.5 percent walk rate was the sixth best among all minor leaguers and second best among teenagers.

Among pitchers who had pitched as often as he did — at least 80 innings — Scott’s 3.6 percent walk rate was the fourth best in all of the minor leagues.

Williams believes his ability to read pitches out of a pitcher’s hand is God-given and said he has been proud of his talent for telling balls from strikes since high school.

The teenager, playing both shortstop and center field, made professional baseball look easy in an impressive first taste.

For Scott, it took a bit longer to break through.

For most of his college career — which was spent as a reliever — Scott threw just fastballs and a nasty slider he picked up from Max Scherzer.

Scott threw a breaking ball that was more of a slurve in high school, he said, and turned to a baseball social media personality — Rob Friedman, aka Pitching Ninja — to improve the pitch in early 2020.

“I was like, who’s got the best slider that I can find?” said Scott, who added he did not get the chance to thank Scherzer in person. “I went on Pitching Ninja and found Scherzer’s slider grip. I was like: I’m going to stick with that.”

It worked and led to enough success that the Mets drafted him and converted him to a starting pitcher.

Scott dealt with injuries and up-and-down results during a 2022 season that finished with a 4.45 ERA.

He ended his 2022 by pitching in the Arizona Fall League, in which he struggled but happened upon a changeup grip.

He came back this season with a third pitch that proved critical.

“Developing my changeup — the past couple years, I really haven’t had one, especially being able to throw it to right-handed hitters,” said Scott, a major part of the Binghamton team that made the Eastern League Championship. “That was huge for me.”

After his injury-shortened 2022, Scott faced an innings limit this year.

He said he doesn’t feel tired, though, and will be throwing a bullpen session soon in Port St. Lucie, where the Mets’ player-development staff will track each pitcher after a long season.

He has positioned himself for a possible call-up next season — as has Williams, who reiterated that he hopes to debut next year, when he will be just 20.

Williams has shown plenty, from a disciplined eye to a strong bat to quick legs to an ability to move around the field defensively.

And an ambitious mindset.

“That’s definitely a reachable goal,” Williams said of making the majors in 2024. “Obviously it’s a very hard goal. … Just being 19 years old, finishing in Double-A, I feel like that was probably my proudest moment for me.”