And along these lines, I think Manfred has handled a lot of things terribly, but he was in a tough position. He got complaints from the A's and possible others, then the leaked reports from Fiers/The Athletic. He had to launch an investigation. Then how do you get players to talk? Oh and remember the players union probably stepped in from the beginning to check Manfred on how he would go about this. Enter upfront immunity agreement in exchange for honesty. He completes the investigation, a lot of players admitted to the same information, and he follows through with punishment of GM/HC like he said he would in the Sept. 2017 warning to all teams.
Now there is outrage that he granted immunity, even though you get nothing without it. If anything, this situation has shown just how much the players/media/fans don't give two sh**s about actual facts. It is a race to see who can put out the most fake outrage, rumors that cannot be corroborated, and hypocritical asinine statements.