Rob Manfred told Pete Rose during a meeting on Thursday that he would decide on his request for reinstatement before the end of 2015.

The meeting was held at Major League Baseball's offices in Manhattan.

Rose met Manfred with his representatives for a little less than two hours, but was given no indication of how Manfred plans to rule.

Numerous sources have told ESPN's Outside the Lines they do not expect Manfred to reinstate Rose, who agreed to a lifetime ban in 1989 after an investigation by MLB concluded he bet on games involving his Cincinnati Reds team while managing and playing.