I was looking for the answer to this myself, and came across this page:
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ng-please.html
In which Markus says:
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The reason is rather simple: On the scouting page, you see the stars the way there were at the time the scouting report was issued, using the player position the scout thinks the player should be. On the profile it is the current position that's used.
In this case, on 4/16/2010 the scout rates the guy being a 1.5 star starting pitcher compared to league average. On the profile though, the current position is used, which is relief pitcher, and in the meantime the league average (ratings are always relative to this) probably has changed a bit, hence the different potential rating (which still applies to SP since this is what the scout thinks the pitcher will eventually be).
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I'm assuming the situation is the same in OOTP 12 as in OOTP 10.