Rob Manfred said Major League Baseball will respond “fully and cooperatively and on time” to an inquiry from a Senate committee that requested information regarding its gambling investigations. Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell sent a letter to MLB on Monday amid the scandal involving a pair of Guardians pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, who have been indicted on charges involving rigging pitches to profit on bets. The Senate committee asked for written responses and documents by Dec.