1. No. I think they want him to be a 3B and will give him at least another year at the position to develop. But it wouldn’t be a surprise for them to give up on that at some point during the season.

2. Definitely

3. Probably. But if they non-tender Mitch, Cain could ride the bench in KC as the 4th OFer. But I think they’ll keep Mitch and have him be the 4th OFer with Dyson as the 5th OFer.

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y=5 is a horizontal line
you want a vertical line passing through (2,6)
x=2