Opening Day week has finally arrived and the Baseball Bar-B-Cast pod is ready with a jam packed pod to kick off the week. Jake Mintz shares his top 50 most important MLB people of the 2025 season with Jordan Shusterman and highlights a handful of people that will define the upcoming year in baseball. The two also sit down with Cincinnati Reds superstar shortstop Elly De La Cruz to discuss being on this year's cover of 'MLB: The Show' video game. The two end the show catching up on all the baseball news they didn't cover during the division preview weeks:
(4:30) - The Opener: Jake reveals his top 50 most important people in MLB this season
(6:45) - No. 42 - Munetaka Murakami
(8:50) - No. 50 - Chandler Simpson
(10:40) - No. 35 - Jed Hoyer
(13:35) - No. 32-24 - S. Alcantarra | L. Robert Jr. | N. Arenado
(15:45) - No. 31. Jasson Dominguez
(18:45) - No. 27-30 - J. Merrill | J. Chourio | J. Jobe | J. Holliday
(21:30) - No. 22-23 - Jose Altuve | Cam Smith
(23:45) - No. 9 - Roki Sasaki
(24:45) - No. 7-8 - Spencer Strider | Ronald Acuna Jr.
(26:45) - No. 2 - Vlad Guerrero Jr
(29:20) - No. 6 - Paul Skenes
(34:10) - Elly De La Cruz interview
(43:00) - Baseball news catchup
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