The New York Mets find themselves stuck in the mud at the moment; after coming out of the All-Star break hot by winning seven of their first nine games, they've fallen off a cliff since then — losing 13 out of their past 15, including a 4-3 defeat to the Atlanta Braves on Thursday. They keep on finding new ways to lose; on Thursday, it was trade deadline acquisition Ryan Helsley's turn to be the goat when he allowed two earned runs to cross the plate in the eighth inning to turn a 4-3 Mets lead into a 5-4 deficit .

Considering the premium price the Mets paid to bring Helsley in from the St. Louis Cardinals, this is definitely not the way they envisioned he would perform. In six appearances for his new ballclub, Helsley has allowed a 5.40 ERA in five innings of work. And in the middle

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