Well, they have a costly immovable object at second in Semien. They let their best option at first walk away last year. And I expect Soto will be seeing a lot of DH at bats going forward..
Bichette will treat this as a platform year to get a longer term contract, If he plays a whole year like he played in the second half, he'll get it. In the meantime he gets another $42 million of Uncle Steve's money.
Don't forget, they still have Jorge Polanco for '27 (if there is a '27). He can't possibly be worse than last year. I know people say that about players, but in this case it is not physically possible for him to have a worse year than he had in '26, short of being stuck in an elevator for 6 months.