Intangibles to look at...
Conquest and Mini Seasons - 3 innings...I can put up 30-40 runs in a CPU nine inning game consistently which is an average of 3.75-5 runs an inning. (I'm PS5 so I'm playing home games at Costco and only getting 8 innings at the plate) While i can do the same thing playing conquest and mini season...I can't do that as consistently. It's more like 4-9 runs a game.
Mini Seasons are also against User Built Teams (Classic) or Game Generated Squads that are significantly better than the Colorado Rockies...So you're facing tougher competition so to speak.
Play vs. CPU - 9 Inning games that can take a lot longer to play.
Here's what I do know...I've hit the cap 2 or 3 times. Every time has happened when I've been grinding CPU games for Stats. Not Conquest or Mini Seasons.