Passan: deal being finalized Helsley to the Mets

[cardsfantx]

Maybe he’s some kind of genius double agent trying to keep the cards in the wild card race by sinking the mets

[dmarx114]

-1.1 WAR in 11 innings.

[heyzeus]

-1.1 WAR in 11 innings.

That's hard to do. Up to -1.4 WAR in 14 innings now.

Just for reference, it took Greg Holland 32 games (25 IP) to put up -1.4 WAR for us in 2018. That's the gold standard of reliever asspolosion. Helsley is wildly exceeding that.

[GeddyWrox]

He's got to be pitching through some kind of shoulder ailment or something. Bet he has off season surgery.

[st.lewis11]

He's got to be pitching through some kind of shoulder ailment or something. Bet he has off season surgery.

He still has his high velocity though, been reaching around 100 mph on his fastballs, so that's not the issue.

[Mary1966]

The Sporting News has an article about the Mets manager scratching his head about Helsey. I can’t link to it because I’m posting from my iPhone at the bus stop waiting for the bus back to Tacoma after watching the Cardinals lose their second game to the Mariners.

[dmarx114]

Jesus Baez, Nate Dohm and Frank Elissalt

Very interesting to look back at the comments in this thread.

Very, very interesting.

[phins]

Jesus Baez, Nate Dohm and Frank Elissalt

Very interesting to look back at the comments in this thread.

Very, very interesting.

Can you elaborate on what you found interesting?

[heyzeus]

Jesus Baez, Nate Dohm and Frank Elissalt

Very interesting to look back at the comments in this thread.

Very, very interesting.

[GeddyWrox]

He's got to be pitching through some kind of shoulder ailment or something. Bet he has off season surgery.

Well, I wasn't right about the surgery (yet), but he's definitely been injured a lot this year.