Infer from this what you will but, while I still see plenty of both modded and non-modded NeL pitchers outperforming, and often by some margin, I rarely if ever see a modded position player do so by any great increment and certainly NEVER see it happen with those not using MLEs.
Here's a good visual of the difference I am talking about. 1922 season with the mod in place and all minor league players included, including NeLers. Here's how the non-modded crew is faring:
Very much skewed to the pitchers. It could easily be argued that a number of the pitchers on this list - Force, McCall, Hampton and Britt in particular - could have been included in the mod. The same argument could not be made for the handful of pos players you see.
Moreover, certain NeL pitchers have for a long time somewhat incongruously but almost invariably entered any save as superstars. Guys like Deacon Meyers, Hulan Stamps, Red Taylor, Joe Strong, Square Moore, and various others. These guys still come in "hot", although to a much lesser degree since the DB has been tidied up and different rules applied for ratings. Still, even in v26, the game when it comes to historical players does seem to lend itself to SP outperformance much more than for hitters. Just how it seems to work, and I think this holds to a certain degree even with the modded guys.
A lot of different elements at play here. We haven't even touched on settings, which play a bigger part than many understand them to. Or luck. In the timeline cited above, Jose Munoz wasn't terrible by any stretch, posting nearly 30 career rWAR and a 101 ERA+. Yet he finished with a record of 112-216!
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PS If "Shuck" O'Neil could have hit even 10% as good as he talked, then he'd deserve to be in the HoF. Lans, stop tittering.