Rob Manfred
Rob Manfred
Robert D. Manfred Jr.is an American lawyer and business executive who is the tenth and current Commissioner of Baseball. He previously served as the Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball and succeeded Bud Selig as Commissioner on January 25, 2015...
lessen payroll restraint
If you compress payroll, lessen payroll disparity, have a little restraint at the top, give more at the bottom,
numbers people realize understand
They make these numbers up. We just think it's important that people understand and realize these are not real in any sense of the word.
effective league low minor positive program rates
The minor league program has been very effective at getting us to very low positive rates in the minor leagues,
delayed discipline pure statement
Mr. Wells' statement that the discipline was delayed is pure fiction.
conclusion given involved major number numbers people sample suggestive system
Given the number of people involved in the organization, from the minor-league system through the major leagues, we don't feel their numbers are suggestive of anything. The sample is too small. Any real conclusion is unfair.
gets injured regular somebody unwilling work
We have our regular crews. If somebody gets injured and they're unwilling to work, we'll find somebody willing to work.
fairly
We like to keep them fairly low-keyed. You're not going to see a lot of publicity.
anyone based cannot designed desire deter evaluate extent fair goal might overall particular program results rules single strict
We think you cannot evaluate a program based on the results of a single case, that overall, the rules that we negotiated are designed to be strict but fair with the overall goal being to deter use. To the extent that anyone disagrees with the result in a particular case, it might be the result of our desire to deter use.
appeal bargaining behavior collective industry poor process quality respect says served
With respect to the appeal process for on-field discipline, that process was negotiated in collective bargaining and has served the industry well for decades, ... Mr. Wells' dissatisfaction with his appeal says more about his poor behavior than it does about the quality of the appeal process.
expect formal future near response
We are awaiting a formal response from the union. We expect that in the very near future.