Multiple injuries essentially handed Vientos the opportunity to seize the 1B job and run with it. But, after looking like he was going to run with some kind of everyday job following that great second half in 2024 [.25/.306/.506 // 812 w/24 HRs in 401 PAs from June 1st on], he's hit just .231/.281/.402 // 633 w/23 HR in 643 PA since] and has hit into almost as many GiDPs as HRs [18 vs 23 (now 24)]
So, as Angelo Dundee sid to Sugar Ray Leonard when he started getting away from the game plan during the middle rounds, "You're blowing it, kid!"
Oh, and Soto to 1st might be a thing at some point ... but it's not going to be without a full off-season's notice. It might even make the whole Piazza-to-1st drama seem like a mini-series.