MLB

You see a foul ball, he sees a tryout opportunity.

For the Oakland A's ball boy, opportunity came knocking in the third inning, when the Kansas City Royals' Christian Colon sliced a foul ball to the right side.

Springing easily from one leg, the young man casually plucked the ball out of the air, securing the errant hit before tossing it to a nearby fan—all while maintaining an understated confidence.

Two weeks are now in the books here in the 2016 MLB season, and already there has been no shortage of excitement and intrigue around the league.

That being said, we are dealing with an incredibly small sample size at this point, so it's important not to put too much stock in the early returns—both good and bad.

That's especially true with our weekly power rankings, as this exercise is not meant to simply be a mirror of the current standings.

Clay Buchholz was right about one thing.

It's far too early in the season to declare the Boston Red Sox are in any kind of trouble.

Two weeks into 2016's MLB season, fantasy baseball managers will struggle to resist adding players with deceivingly gaudy stat lines.

Eduardo Nunez won't compete for a batting title, and Mat Latos won't win every start with a sub-1.00 ERA. These sample sizes will quickly change with little notice, and it's up to fantasy players to sniff out the fluky starts from the telling successes.

It's April. No one is out of anything. Panic buttons should be stowed until further notice.

But so far, things aren't going according to plan for the New York Mets.

Kenta Maeda's scoreless streak ended Sunday night.

But the high hopes Los Angeles Dodgers fans have for the Japanese right-hander should be alive and well.

After opening his big league career with 12 shutout frames spread over two starts, Maeda finally coughed up a run in the third inning Sunday against the San Francisco Giants on a solo homer by Joe Panik.

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle believes Major League Baseball will break another barrier one day.

The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Sunday infielder Jung Ho Kang will begin his rehab assignment with the team's Triple-A affiliate, and it is uncertain when he will be able to return to action.  

Continue for updates.

While fans are always looking to get some game-used gear from athletes, it's not often that a player asks for something in return.

But Kike Hernandez of the Los Angeles Dodgers likes to mix things up.

On Saturday, a young Dodgers fan asked Hernandez if he could get his hands on the utility man's batting gloves. Hernandez obliged—but not without making a deal.

In the grand scheme of things, one week in April doesn't mean a whole lot over the course of a 162-game MLB season.

However, for a handful of players around the league off to slow starts, one week must feel like an eternity when the scoreboard shows a sub-.200 batting average or a double-digit ERA.

With that in mind, what follows is a look at Week 2's biggest duds of the 2016 MLB season, with one player chosen to represent each position along with a starting pitcher and a closer.