re: How would Babe Ruth fare in the steroid era?

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I don't think you can just say "well, he'd hit any pitching", there's really no basis for that. He spent his entire life hitting much slower pitching, pitchers with 2 pitches, pitchers pitching wayyyyy more innings and thus not really at full strength. It's just so unlikely that you could drop him into today's game and expect anything at all from him.

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Because it's not unreasonable to conclude that players with great hand-eye coordination 100 years ago would still have great hand-eye coordination today. Human brain chemistry hasn't changed any since then. And that's the most important talent that the game selects for.

Maybe if all of the biggest strongest players were also the most talented hitters you'd have a point but that's clearly not the case. Jose Altuve is an MVP-level player and look how small he is.