Mike Piazza arrived at the doorstep of the shrine in Cooperstown, N.Y., one year ago. Soon he will learn if he’s welcomed as a member of the Hall of Fame in the latest election by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Make sure you stick to it!

It’s a new year, a new you.

Since succeeding Bud Selig and becoming the 10th commissioner in the history of Major League Baseball on Jan. 25, Manfred has both honored the course set by his predecessor and put his own stamp on the office.

Here’s how your favorite MLB players rang in 2016.

Happy New Year and welcome to 2016. Here are 16 questions for ’16 as we officially begin the countdown for pitchers and catchers to report to Spring Training.

Results of this year’s BBWAA vote will be revealed on MLB Network on Jan. 6, with a news conference involving any electees to be held the following day. Like his contemporary and fellow right-hander Curt Schilling, Mike Mussina has a much stronger case for the Hall than his lack of support thus far would indicate.

Of all the incredible plays that were part of the Royals’ World Series title run, perhaps none stood out more than first baseman Eric Hosmer’s daring dash toward home in Game 5 of the World Series.

Nine offseasons ago, the Red Sox and Yankees combined to invest nearly 50 million in Daisuke Matsuzaka and Kei Igawa — a pair of pitchers from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball.

The Dodgers apparently followed up the signing of Scott Kazmir by reaching an agreement Thursday with Japanese free-agent starting pitcher Kenta Maeda, as reported by Christopher Meola and confirmed by Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com and Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports.

The pursuit of free-agent outfielder Gerardo Parra sheds further light on the Rockies’ offensive strategy — to improve the pitching through a trade with one of its outfielders, then spend free-agent dollars to fill the outfield hole.

The measure of a Hall of Famer obviously begins with a player’s career, but a precious few take the term to new heights after hanging up the spikes. Ernie Banks and Yogi Berra certainly did, transcending their historic accomplishments on the field by serving as two of the greatest ambassadors of the game who ever lived, bringing joy to baseball fans for decades beyond their playing careers.

In honor of 2015 drawing to a close, the following is a look at 15 of the most interesting facts and figures from this past season and postseason. It was by no means an easy task to limit the list to only 15 tidbits, but that’s what the calendar called for.

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association are jointly contributing $250,000 to help victims of the tornadoes in the Dallas area, as well as those affected by the flooding in the Midwest.

Former Padres closer Trevor Hoffman will be inducted into the Hall of Fame someday soon — if not this year, his first on the ballot. Hoffman faces the age-old dilemma of how eligible voters from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America view relievers in general, and one-inning closers in particular.

A Major League youth movement was in full effect in 2015. Kris Bryant and Carlos Correa, just to start with the Rookies of the Year, lit up opposing pitchers and filled highlight reels deep into October.

By winter, Red Sox fans had plenty of reasons to be excited for the spring, summer and fall. The impressive offseason makeover by president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski landed the club an elite ace (David Price), a four-time All-Star closer (Craig Kimbrel), a fourth outfielder who thrives against lefties (Chris Young) and an underrated setup man (Carson Smith).