metafour
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Reaching? MLB.com just came out with an article doing the exact same thing I did. That is were I got the idea. And it was the purpose of having the grades, so you can quantify the player’s upside and compare them to others.
Tool Twins: Comps for the top Draft prospects
I understand what the purpose is. However, they don't put anywhere NEAR enough actual work into this to actually make it a usable "tool" to factually compare players, and you'll find that past the top 30 or whatever players on their list the grades are all over the place. For example, "power" would really need to be broken down into present and projected power, and it would then need to be further broken down into game and raw power. Saying that both Conine and Cassie have "60 power" is silly - one of those guys has hit 425+ foot homeruns against top NCAA and MiLB pitching, the other hit one 420 foot HR supposedly. Cassie's power might be 60 projected, but that is much different than someone like Conine who has 60 present power which actually shows in pro games.