MLB commissioner Rob Manfred weighed in on the Astros' recent apology in an interview with ESPN's Karl Ravech. Many outside of baseball viewed the team's mid-week apology to be a public relation disaster and Manfred was blunt when asked his thoughts on the team's recent comments.
"It was not successful," Manfred said.
On Thursday, Astros owner Jim Crane, 3B Alex Bregman and 2B Jose Altuve were among those from the organization who addressed the team's scandal and MLB's ensuing punishment at a press conference in West Palm Beach, Fla. At one point, Crane said that, “Our opinion is that this didn’t impact the game.