Within the span of a few years, Japanese pitcher Shohei Ohtani has had a dramatic impact on the thinking of some major league clubs.
Even after Ohtani hit 22 home runs in a two-way role for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2016, major league scouts were still saying, "No team will allow a player to both pitch and hit as a regular batter."
When 27 major league teams tried to sign him in December 2017, that had changed to, "Ohtani can only do it because he's a unique talent."