Claudio Liverziani becomes the first three-time MVP in the Italian Baseball League, following a .291/.444/.472 season, with 30 runs and 20 RBI in 38 games for Fortitudo Bologna. Liverziani had missed the 2010 and 2011 seasons after a positive test for amphetamines. The IBL also issues its Gold Gloves: C Riccardo Bertagnon, 1B Alex Sambucci, 2B Alessandro Vaglio, SS Juan Carlos Infante, 3B Francesco Fuzzi, OF Alex Romero, OF Stefano Desimoni, OF Liverziani and P Yomel Rivera.

The Mariners sign the 2014 American League Home Run leader, OF Nelson Cruz, to a four-year contract worth $57 million.

The Spanish Baseball Hall of Fame announces its 2015 class: umpires Xavier Mateu and Javier Menéndez and coaches José Antonio Peña and Higinio Gutiérrez.