Second looks for 2025

As we've done in the past, for the final First Impressions column of 2025, rather than taking a first look at five new members of this year's rookie class, we're going to take a second look at a dozen players who we have already covered this season, players who have had a notable change in surface stats or skills in the time since they were first written up.

This second look is helpful because young players taking on the challenge of the majors rarely develop in a straight line, so what we see in their first 125-150 PA or 40-50 IP often changes throughout their rookie season.

In the tables below for each player (presented in order of their initial coverage date), you'll see their MLB stat/skill line from the date when they were written...

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