Five podcasts (and one video series) hosted by big leaguers that saved our souls

Podcasts saved our souls. Before talk shows could be downloaded into our pockets, we were left to transmitters spewing talk radio, top 40 pop songs, or -- worst of all -- the recesses and quiet of our very own minds. But podcasts mean we never have to live in that hellscape. 
No longer just the realm of comedians or storytellers, star ballplayers and even a GM have jumped into the podcast game. Now, when baseball isn't on, we can beam our favorite directly into our heads. It's like a "Black Mirror" episodes, but you know, without the dystopia. 
Here are five of them, but hit us up as new ones hit the … internet beams? (If it's not airwaves, then what exactly is it?)
IMHO, hosted by Pirates pitchers Trevor Williams and Steven Brault

Standing for "In my humble opinion," (that's internet speak for you), this is a podcast that rarely (if ever) talks about baseball. And that's by design.
"That's kind of what we wanted to make known. Baseball players don't think about baseball 100 percent of their time," Williams said. "We talk a lot on the bench. We talk a lot in the bullpen. We have certain hobbies and interests we like to talk about."
While you have always craved to hang out with ballplayers as if they were your best friend -- talking about things like favorite Olympic events, joking about high school fight songs, debating Spongebob's origin and teammates' booties -- rarely do you get to experience that. This is piping that friendship straight into your head. 
The Show and Go Podcast, hosted by Ben Zobrist and Tim Dillard

Where IMHO focuses on everything that isn't baseball, Zobrist's crew focuses on everything that is baseball. The Cubs second baseman has assembled a team featuring longtime pitcher (and social media influencer) Tim Dillard, Ryan Schmalz, the head coach at Trevecca Nazarene University, and Joshua Castello, a fitness and performance trainer that has worked with many professional and collegiate baseball players. As their Twitter bio reads, the show is a "baseball podcast to help and educate the amateur player on the 'game within the game.'"
The Wheelhouse with Jerry Dipoto

What does a wheeling and dealing GM that enjoys writing his own baseball analysis for fun do in his other spare time? Well, he hosts a podcast. Besides talking about some of his favorite foods (even a baseball-obsessed fanatic like Dipoto manages to find a few other interests), he even peels back the curtain on how and why the Mariners make some of the moves they do.
If you want to know all the behind-the-scenes details as the Mariners made a push for the Shohei Ohtani, check out episode 3.
R2C2, hosted by CC Sabathia and Ryan Ruocco
It might be a rule that every podcast has to talk about "Star Wars". Given that Sabathia and YES Network's Ruocco's friendship began over the movie series -- and that their podcast is named in honor of the films -- they'll obviously talk a lot about "Star Wars." For most, that's a feature, not a bug. 
Of course, the real highlight is the amount of inside baseball talk that's covered as each episode is recorded in between Sabathia's starts for the Yankees. The other highlight: The big-time guests like Andy Pettitte, Didi Gregorius and recent Yankee Russell Wilson that have stopped by to talk.

The Trevor May podcast, hosted by (you guessed it) Trevor May

After recording seven episodes of "The Weekly Intake" that focused solely on video games, The Twins pitcher recently unveiled his new baseball podcast. While the show will ostensibly follow May as he works his way back from Tommy John surgery to make it back onto the field by June, you should expect plenty else from a player that live streams video games and has an alter-ego known as "DJ Heybeef."
Diamondback Commander's Spring Training vlog, by Cody Decker
OK, so, this isn't a podcast, but it is a weekly video series which makes it a fit in my book. While Decker is in the D-backs Spring Training camp this Spring, he has decided to do a video as a Diamondbacks version of Cobra Commander from the '80s cartoon "G.I. Joe." Yes, it's exactly what you're thinking.