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Why would a judgement of the overall farm system need to be sub-concious. IMO, not only should the quality of the system be *a* factor in judging any prospect -- but historically, it tends to be a significant factor.
There are many organizations which seem to "consistently" develop more prospects better and/or faster than other organizations. There are some orgs that consistently under-perform the norm.
Regardless of the CAUSE ... (talent assessment or player development) ... if top 10 organizational prospects for Cleveland or Atlanta succeed at a 20% rate, while the same top 10 for Seattle or Pittsburgh only succeed at a 10% rate, (just to make up numbers for illustrative purposes), then it is not only reasonable to take organizational success into account -- but the place for it to most readily show up SHOULD be in the "C" arena, not the "A". It's actually hard to "screw up" a Griffey or AROD or Hayward.