Second looks for 2024

As we've done in the past, for the final First Impressions column of 2024, 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 already covered earlier in the season. These are 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 150 or so 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...

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