In recent weeks, it seemed as though the New York Mets had put their rough stretch earlier in the season completely in the rearview mirror. But the past 15 games have gone as poorly for the Mets as they could have envisioned, as they are in the middle of a 2-13 stretch made worse by their 4-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night.

The Mets have fallen so far off the pace in the NL East standings, with the division-leading Philadelphia Phillies now up by five games when the two were just neck and neck around last week. And their most recent loss to the Braves earned them their way into a club that they would much rather not belong in.

As pointed out by OptaSTATS on X (formerly Twitter), the Mets became just the second team in history to have the best record in MLB in June o

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