Frenchy is a player and he's going to do very well here since he isn't the focus of the offense or the media's attention. Pelfrey will pitch well when he's not being relied on heavily. If Beltran comes back and does very well I think we'll see Fernando Martinez packaged in a deal to bring in a starter. Beltran getting off to a terrible start would really complicate things, so I hope for the benefit of this team he'll be ready to return to form.
I can't wait to see what Ike Davis is capable of in the major leagues, and with that said, I really want to see Meija go down to the minors and work on his secondary stuff and become a front end starter instead of being buried in middle relief as he is now. Bring Bobby Parnell up and let him blow people away with his fastball in the 6th and 7th innings, because that's what you're going to get out of Meija at this point.
If we're out of it by July I really hope Omar or whoever the General Manager is takes initiative and does what it takes to move Luis Castillo and give Ruben Tejada the opportunity to play every day at 2nd. While I don't think Tejada is an answer long term, it would be for his benefit to get some experience at the big league level. I don't see him as the kind of talent that is worth keeping in the minors and hoping he takes his game to the next level. He'll be a career .260 hitter, might as well bring him in and move that terrible salary/stigma that Castillo is.
All we need from becoming a perennial fall contender is another starter and reliever. We bring in those two pitchers and we'll be fine. Mix in an established veteran with Santana, Shniese, Big Pelf, and either Perez or Maine and we'll have a pretty solid ball club that will get the job done until Meija is ready to make a true impact in the big leagues.
I'm coming down from a night of drinking by the way, so forgive me if I rambled.