Pirates right-hander Ryan Vogelsong was carted off the field on Monday after being hit in the head by a pitch from Rockies right-hander Jordan Lyles.

A whole new kind of bat flip.

The Tigers received good news Monday on the injury front. Starter Jordan Zimmermann’s MRI results revealed a Grade 1 groin strain, the least severe on the scale, while Miguel Cabrera returned to the starting lineup after leaving Sunday’s game with a bruised left knee.

Major League Baseball announced the annual list of club reps for the 2016 MLB Draft on Monday, and as usual it is a star-studded gathering from the past that will man the phones and help welcome the future on the first night of selections.

The Yankees didn’t lose Friday. They didn’t win, either, but at this point early in a season that’s been slow to get moving, they’ll take the 9 to 9 tie against the Boston Red Sox as proof positive that at least their bats are heating up in time for the summer.

Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera and Cameron Maybin have been named American League Co-Players of the Week after leading the Tigers to a 5-1 record last week.

Home-plate umpire and crew chief Jeff Nelson had to leave Monday’s Rockies-Pirates game at PNC Park in the third inning.

MLBPipeline.com’s Prospect Team of the Week honors the best performances from the previous seven days. Any player currently on an organization Top 30 Prospects list on our Prospect Watch is eligible, including big leaguers.

Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez started his first game of the 2016 season on April 15, and he wasted no time proving he was ready to roll.

With a three-game series against another first-place team looming — the Orioles come to Minute Maid Park beginning Tuesday — the Astros are still searching for answers. At 17-28, they’re in last place in the American League West after getting swept by the Rangers, and they have serious questions on the mound and in the lineup.

Major League Baseball announced a long-term global partnership on Monday with Stance to make it the official sock of MLB and to bring a brand-new look to this year’s All-Star Week in July at San Diego’s Petco Park.

First pitch magic.

The Rangers will receive a boost this week from Yu Darvish, while some other aces are heading in the opposite direction.

It might not have been officially #weirdbaseball, but things got plenty strange.

This week’s MLB Power Rankings show a slight shift in the middle of the pack, but little has changed at the top. The Cubs and Nationals, while not quite reaching in May the almost superhuman levels earned from their April performances, are still, by our calculations, the best of the best.

In the final season of his illustrious 20-year career, David Ortiz has few things he’s yet to accomplish. In Sunday’s 5-2 win against the Indians, the Red Sox designated hitter nearly checked one more thing off that list.

Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki in his first at-bat on Sunday followed Willie Keeler’s famous motto: He hit it “where they ain’t.”