[Dave Stieb II]

Yes, but not quite to the same extent.
I just lost the last two, 14-1 and 11-10. Getting a lot of scores in that ballpark.
5-7 so far, and we've blown leads in 6 of the 7 losses and came from behind once.
Two of the blown leads were 6-0 and 6-1. A couple times, we've blown multiple leads. We start out hitting and then we....STOP.
FULL STOP.
Mediocre and journeymen relievers (never were, aren't, never will be guys) come in a shut us down for 2.1-3 innings. Then the next guy comes in and does the same thing.
All the while, our opponents chip away at our lead.
If we do get runners on base, we automatically hit into a DP. Or they pick our runner off first when there isn't even a play on.
Meanwhile, we make 2 errors per game and our pitchers babip's against are .400 and higher in many cases. And, of course, we are 14th in the league in strikeouts so we seldom get a key out via that route.
And suddenly, magically, quite predictably, our lead has evaporated and voila, you have an 11-10 or 9-7 loss.
Again.
Rinse and repeat and on to the next side show.
Pitchers with career history of giving up 1 or 1.2 HR per nine innings are giving 3-4 and more in a couple cases per 9.
One RP with a career HR rate of less than 1 per 9 innings has given up 5 HR's in less than 9 innings.
It is basically absurd.
I had come to expect it in the '21 version but this year is far worse.
Extreme is the new big thing for OOTP these days, I guess.
IRL there is normal with some outliers mixed in, maybe a FEW more early in the season. (or just more noticeable because there are no previous stats to mascarade the extreme nature that SOME slumps and SOME hot streaks can possess)
But every new game I started last year it seemed like the outliers (both good and bad) were the norm and normal was the outlier.
Even moreso in my first save this year.
I just wonder exactly when 'random results based on ratings" actually takes effect so that I can enjoy a "realistic baseball simulation game".