One month in on a brand new #HumBabe Dynasty season and we already have the painstaking task of handing a Pick-Em Payout to … Jackal Attack.

Alright, now to the good stuff… from surprising team performances to standout individual runs from both the plate and the mound, April 2025 has set the stage for yet another tantalizing season in the HumBabe Dynasty Fantasy Baseball League. Let’s dive into some highlights that made these opening weeks so memorable.

Confused By The Standings

The LeBronto Blue James have sent an early message and lead the League in “Fantasy Points For,” yet they stand in second place of their own division. The Brooklyn Robins have defeated Nashville, Golden City, Lone Star, and Eastside on their way to a 4-0 record, while LeBronto posted League high scores in Week’s 1 and 3 but put a tally in their loss column during a Week 2 battle with the Perth Playtpi. The Coastal Splitters have the fourth highest “Fantasy Points For” total but own a 2-2 record and look up at that 4-0 Perth team in the SCL Charlie Division. Similarly, Pablo and the Secret Weapons, with a 1-3 record, have the fifth highest point total in the League but chase a 4-0 Wally Mash (2nd most League points) in BCL Vic.

Does this mean LeBronto is back for another Championship? Does it mean the Splitters will lose their division for the first time in HumBabe history? Does it mean Perth, Brooklyn, Wally, and Jackal are all going undefeated?

If you ask me … I have no idea, so don’t ask.

Power Bats

Kyle Tucker (LBJ) leads all MLB Hitters with 195 Fantasy Points through four weeks. Could you imagine if someone traded this guy?

Who’s next?

Aaron Judge (193, PAB), Corbin Carroll (182.5, SPLT), and Fernando Tatis Jr. (168.5, GCG) are all off to their expected MVP-level starts this season. Beyond that, Elly De Laz Cruz (153, SPLT) might be to only other expected name within the rest of the top ten hitters – Pete Alonso (164, LSD) is on his revenge tour, Pete Crow-Armstrong (161, PER) is running like a mad man, Spencer Torkelson (152.5, LSD) and Alex Bregman (151, PAB) fall in at 8th and 9th, then who is that at number 10?

Brice Turang (150.5, JKL). I seem to remember someone absolutely up-in-arms about Turang getting swapped for Bo Bichette (91.5, NSH) earlier this year… anyone else remember that? LeBronto did own up to this take aging like fine milk in the Arizona sun, but worth documenting in a Recap post, nonetheless.

New Mechanics

Nine of the top ten HumBabe pitchers in April 2025 are starters. Seventeen of the top twenty are starters. That means there’s three Closer’s on the top twenty pitcher’s list, and that feels new.

Andres Munoz (126.5, LBJ) almost wasn’t a keeper for LeBronto, Robert Suarez (113, NSH) wasn’t for the Splitters and got drafted by the Stars, and then Mason Miller (109.75, ESB) is just striking out 58.3% of the batters he faces. Those top three bullpen arms have impressive individual performances to this point, but it’s the fact that every single HumBabe pitching staff looks vastly different in 2025 than they have in years past that makes this year so unique.

When put to a poll, the majority of the GM’s see this new RP Roster Rule as an improvement to the Constitution. Seven votes for “Love It,” three for “Good idea, but let’s tweak it” and just one vote for “Prefer the old rules.” Now I’m not suggesting that there was bias in that one lonesome vote not-in-favor, but if my late-inning options were Lucas Erceg, Ben Casparius, Will Vest, and Justin Sterner, I probably would have voted “Prefer the old rules” too.

Anything to say for yourself Mr. Platypus?