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but this is more about a prospect and his development, i thought. overall handling of prospects like the op's title. i can see what you mean relative to an MLB call-up, but at that point we should be familiar with what ratings equate to success... being familiar with your majors is inevitable.
before that point:
a player needs a certain level of ratings to develop well at a particular tier, otherwise we could just throw our young prospects in AAA or the mlb bench and they would develop faster than progressing through the tiers. so, there is some sort of system coded to prevent us from taking advantage of this... since they cannot predict a scale that depends on current talent, they are using an absolute ratings scale to set up the threshold or ranges where a player can develop effeciently at the next tier etc etc.
there's a happy zone for each tier of minor leauge relative to ratings, and you want your prospect in those tiers during those happy zones of development. a shifting scale doesn't discern this as well as an absolute one does.
one example of a problem... AA has a ton of high 'current' talent this particular year.. your prospect who is actually ready for AAA is showing a lower rating due to the relative scale. you choose not to promot because it looks as if he doesn't have the ratings to develop at the next level.
because it shifts, it is not as reliable as the absolute scale.
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