Rob Manfred has some regrets over his handling of the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal, admitting that granting immunity to the players was "maybe not my best decision ever."

Major League Baseball didn't punish any players after an investigation confirmed the Astros had cheated by using a camera-based sign-stealing system during the regular season and playoffs of their World Series-winning 2017 season and during part of the 2018 regular season.

Manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were suspended for the entire 2020 season and eventually fired by the Astros, who also lost draft picks and were fined $5 million.

"I'm not sure that I would have approached it with giving players immunity," Manfred told Time. "Once we gave players immunity, it puts you in a box as to what exactly you were going to do in terms of punishment.

"I might have gone about the investigative process without that grant of immunity and see where it takes us. Starting with, I'm not going to punish anybody, maybe not my best decision ever."