Next time you go shopping, ask yourself “Is this clerk an MLB player?”

The Red Sox designated right-hander Sean O’Sullivan for assignment on Monday and recalled infielder Marco Hernandez from Triple-A Pawtucket.

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.

Rivalries are great, especially new ones, the kind that pop up over some intense play on the field. You can bet that’s what we’ve got with the Blue Jays and the Rangers for the foreseeable future after Sunday’s extracurricular activities at Globe Life Park in Arlington.

Jose Altuve will always be known for his short stature, but he’s become a complete ballplayer, improving his defense and adding power to his game. Still only 26, Altuve’s big start is the culmination of years of improvement.

The Phillies have granted the release request of veteran catcher J.P. Arencibia. Arencibia, 30, signed a Minor League deal with the Phillies in December. He did not appear in a game for Philadelphia and was hitting .167 with one home run in 12 games for Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Zoey Tinsley is a 10-year-old who got a chance to bowl with the Orioles on Sunday night. The fourth grader said she brought one simple goal to the event.

The 2016 season is right around six weeks old, and so far, there hasn’t been much drama surrounding the two teams sitting at the top of our first MLB Power Rankings. Both the Cubs and Nationals are living up to the hype as the undisputed best ballclubs in baseball.

Though it’s still early, here is a look at the top players on the 2016 Esurance All-Star Game ballot who are in their age-35 season or older.

The bad blood that has been building for months between the Blue Jays and Rangers spilled over into an ugly benches-clearing fracas at Globe Life Park on Sunday afternoon.

Play Ball Weekend was not only MLB’s largest effort to date in reaching out to youth, but it also was a symbolic recognition of what all 30 MLB clubs do year-round to support the growth of youth baseball and softball in their respective communities and beyond.

The Angels came into Seattle and flipped the script on the Mariners, with a 3-0 victory on Sunday sealing a surprising three-game series sweep.

What started out as a pitching duel between Arizona’s Rubby De La Rosa and San Francisco’s Matt Cain ended in late-inning dramatics and a 2-1 Giants victory at Chase Field.

Ryan Raburn continued his assault on the Mets’ pitching staff with a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh as the Rockies secured a three-game sweep Sunday at Coors Field with a 4-3 win.

Pinch-hitter Chase Headley hit the first two-out pitch he saw from Matt Albers for a run-scoring double in the seventh, bringing in Didi Gregorius from first and giving the Yankees a one-run lead in a game that ended as a 7-5 victory over the White Sox on Sunday at Yankee Stadium. That gap shot to right-center also gave New York the series victory and sent the White Sox back to Chicago with a 2-4 road trip.

Danny Valencia hit three home runs, including a go-ahead, two-run shot in the ninth inning, to lead the A’s to a 7-6 series-winning victory over the Rays at Tropicana Field on Sunday afternoon.

After rallying from four runs down to take the lead in the sixth inning, the Astros gave it back in the seventh when a ball hit by Ryan Hanigan dropped between outfielders Carlos Gomez and George Springer in right-center field, leading to a pair of runs and a 10-9 Red Sox victory Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park. With the win, Boston capped a 6-1 homestand in which it scored double-digit runs five times and averaged over 10 runs per game.