PHILADELPHIA — The Mets’ wild-card position has not changed, but their trajectory has dramatically.

A team that had been meandering — certainly not cruising but at least making some progress as recently as last week — has transitioned into a full-on nosedive.

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Wednesday’s 11-3 blowout at the Phillies’ hands was the Mets’ fifth straight loss and laid bare many of the problems plaguing the club at the moment: a helplessness against quality pitching, an inability for their veteran starting pitchers to deliver length (and often quality) and a post-trade-deadline bullpen that was hyped as super and been mo

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