Shohei Ohtani came to the Majors as the most-hyped rookie in a generation, if not longer, and Christian Villanueva wasn't even among the Padres' Top 30 prospects last year, per MLB Pipeline.
Yet from those different paths, Ohtani, the Angels' two-way phenom, and Villanueva, the Padres' breakout bat, were named the American and National League Rookies of the Month for April on Wednesday.
At just 23 years old, and with global hype as a player attempting to attain success doing something that hasn't been done since Babe Ruth, Ohtani has been the Majors' biggest storyline through the first month of the season, if not well before.