Rob Manfred made a bold proclamation when he spoke during the first round of Wednesday night's amateur draft.

The commissioner is certain that Major League Baseball will take place this summer.

Manfred said the league will soon provide a "responsive proposal" to the latest offer from the MLBPA, which consisted of an 89-game season and full prorated salaries, and that he's "100 percent" sure there will be a season.

He said the league's proposal will be "another significant move in the players' direction in terms of the salary issue that has kept us apart.

"We're hopeful that it will produce reciprocal movement from the players' association, that we'll see a number other than 100% on salary, and some recognition that 89 games, given where we are in the calendar and the course of the pandemic, is not realistic," he added.