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. 5.

In response to the scandal, the league and its betting company partners placed caps on wagers on pitch-level markets — gamblers can no longer bet more than $200 on the outcome of individual pitches — and excluded those from parlays.

Manfred does not envision taking further steps to ensure s

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