Rob Manfred isn't happy that the average nine-inning game is up nearly seven minutes from this point last season.

"We think the single biggest thing we had going for us early in the year [last season] was player focus on the topic," Manfred said. "And we feel like we've lost a little focus. So we're doing a variety of things to try to get that focus back."

Through Monday, the average time of a nine-inning game this season was 3 hours, 26 seconds.

The commissioner said officials in the commissioner's office have reached out to the Major League Baseball Players Association to let the union know that they're "concerned" about this trend.