Rob Manfred

We have always played...

through five or six rounds of bargaining, we have always played 162 games, okay?

All I can tell you is that when I came, my goal was to make sure that every time we bargained, we played 162, and that's my goal this time around.

We haven't even started the process.

And, you know, candid conversation about, you know, we see things that...

need to be addressed, that doesn't necessarily mean you're going to make this proposal or that proposal.

I think we have to wait and see how things unfold at the table.

We've got lots and lots of time to work on it.

And the most important thing for fans is certainly my goal to make sure that we played 162 games next year.

Yeah, I mean, obviously, you know, integrity is number one on everybody's, every commissioner's concern list.

And, you know, when you have problems, and we have had some issues, it heightens that concern.

I do think that there are things that can be done, and I kind of feel like we saw this one coming.

There are certain types of bets that are really problematic.

When you have a bat that's in the control of one player and the event that they're batting on really has no relation to the ultimate outcome of the game.

That's what they're dealing with right now.

First pitch of the game at bat, first pitch of an inning.

I think that we had...

No legal betting.

You know, we've got a lot of legal betting now.

I think that there probably should be a little swing back regulation.