Rosenthal Portrays Players Union As Bearing Co-Responsibility For Sign-Stealing Scandal; Manfred, Immediately After Saying He Learned Of Scandal In 2017, Claims His Reaction Was "Slow [Only] By A Few Months", Which Is "Pretty Damn Quick".

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, speaking on Sunday, February 16, 2020, about the sign-stealing scandal:

I think we were slow to appreciate the risk on this topic.

Ya think? Who says Manfred is completely out of touch?

Actually, Manfred and MLB may have appreciated this topic quite a while ago. It has been reported (and not denied by anyone) that the commissioner had numerous complaints about the Astros gathering dust on his desk for years. The real issue is MLB's steadfast refusal to conduct an investigation into any of those complaints.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic has some additional comments from Commissioner Rob Manfred.