MLB commissioner Rob Manfred had a favorable reaction to Cubs star Anthony Rizzo's opinion that if baseball shortened its season, players should expect to be paid less.

"I think that Anthony's comments were realistic in the sense that he linked the fact that if, in fact, you're going to go to 154 games or some lower number of games, that players would have to be participants in that process," Manfred said speaking to the Associated Press Sports Editors on Friday. "They're going to work less, they're probably going to make less."