My question was selected in pinstriped prospects mailbag.
From Geehoon:
Is there a way to compare prospects in different years other than rankings from BA or BP? For example, who would you consider the best prospect among 2006 Hughes, 2011 Banuelos, and 2014 Severino?
That is tough. Looking through statistics at the minor league level is one way but it only tells part of the story. At any given level, any given team the quality of play is different and not consistent. You have to factor in many things including the level of the play, quality of umpires, age comparison, etc. You can compare based on scouting report and where they are at their development at their age. Again that has many inaccuracies just like going on scouting. There is no definitive way to compare guys from different years at different points in their development.
The rest of it can be found in here.
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