FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Ohtani (pitcher & hitter), Koch, Kiner-Falefa, Santander

First Impressions is a look at recent call-ups, a snapshot of their early progress so far in the majors. Initial BaseballHQ.com minor league write-ups for all of the players in today's column can be found in the News tab on their individual PlayerLink pages. Because the majority of these players have accumulated less than 100 AB or 50 IP, small sample size warnings apply to the analysis here.

 

First Impression: Shohei Ohtani (RHP, LAA)

CALLED UP: 3/29/2018
BHQ.COM RATING: 9D
CURRENT ROLE: Starting pitcher
POTENTIAL ROLE: Starting pitcher
2018 MINORS STATS: None

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  hr/f  FpK  SwK  BPV
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2014+ 155  3.24  3.41 ...

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