Will this fit on a bumper sticker?
"Folks, we're bringing back the exact same team that had a months long historical collapse and relying on internal growth from those exact same players to hopefully get different results this time!"
If Torres and Vierling are healthy, then yes they should be better. But who is getting injured in 2026?
Greene and Carp may produce differently, but better?
Tork, Dingler, Keith, Perez and Meadows will all be better in 2026, unless they are worse.
McKinstry and Jones just had their career years; Baez gave you 1/2 season of competence before reverting back to his mean; Jake should be able to give them a bit more but still very little.
McGonigle IMO won't be up OD, and relying on him and some other guys with zero ML experience is doubling down and putting all your eggs in the player surprise/development/growth basket.