Historically, the way I thought about it is that the high tools scout was going to find more very high upside but also high risk players. So fewer who make it through the funnel, but the ones who do might be superstars for example. On the other hand, the abilities leaning scout will find more players who are decent/good players but lower probability of finding the 5-star players.
They might both be good for different circumstances. If you have a barren minor league system, you might want to fill it with a lot of good players -- go with the high ability. If you have a decent system and you want to take more risk to find the rock stars, go with tools.
Personally, I tend to with favor tools because it seems to win you have to load your team with 5-star players like the cubs or dodgers, so having a bunch of 2-star players is not that useful for me.
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