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That we net rats as a group (there may be the odd duck here or there, like JFrom, GMoney, and Shields) are light years behind the scouts in terms of physically watching a player and knowing whether or not he can play.
Similar to the High schoolers they have to call, I am also tremendously impressed with the international scouts who tell the club which 16 year old to fork 2 million bucks to and which not.  In many cases they don't even get games in which to evaluate players just the physical stature and some batting practice or bullpen sessions!  How in the world someone can tell a Piminteal (SP?) or a Triunifel from a hole in the wall I do not know, but they usually nail it pretty well.  I can;t really think of the last Mariners Highly touted (and paid) International signing that DID NOT at least make it to and contribute in the majors.  Even a "failure" like Yuni is a everyday SS in the AL!
Interesting also they we tend to trust the international scouts more.  No one blinks an eye when Carlos "he may actually be 21" Triunifel is rank NUMBER 1 in the system with literally NO RECORD in organised baseball, but a D1 QB with muscles for miles, who is starting to show major power, and IMPROVED defense (he moved UP the defensive spectrum, when was the last time THAT happen?)  And he gets most ly a "Meh, yeah I guess he is top 10 in the M's system, a system BTW that is terrible.  I'd put him at 7 or 8"  
Definitely some no cheering in the press box stuff gong on, but also our own biases to 1.) STATS! and 2.)!STATS
Which is my cleaver way of saying we perfer a prospect that has exciting stats (STATS!), next we perfer a prospect that has NO stats (!STATS).  Woe be to the prospect who has great tools, and athletisism with less that amazing stats though ;)