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PCA few things to point out about the Mitchell Report:
(1) Nobody was granted immunity to testify as part of Mitchell's investigation -- Mitchell was not in a position to grant immunity to anyone, only to promise to try and keep information and identities confidential (if requested to do so), to the extent he could do so. I am not aware of McNamee having immunity from federal prosecution, but if he has it, he didn't get it from Mitchell, because he couldn't get it from Mitchell.
(2) This may state the obvious, but the Mitchell Report reports only what was told to Mitchell (and his team). And the reason almost no current players cooperated with the investigation was because they were advised by the Players Association not to cooperate, primarily because Mitchell could not guarantee confidentiality or immunity (which, I suppose, is a fair concern). Read the annexes to the Michell Report -- there are two memos, one from Mitchell and the other from Donald Fehr, addressed to the players on this point.
(3) Anyone who dismisses the Mitchell Report simply because of Mitchell's former ties to the Red Sox shows only that the Mitchell Report was not read, or not read closely. There are literally dozens of references to the Red Sox, Red Sox players and Red Sox management, including some embarrassing correspondence from Theo Epstein around the time the Sox acquired Gagne. In one section, the report indicates that 23 members of the Red Sox organization were interviewed about a particular incident involving Paxton Crawford ... not surprisingly, all 23 played dumb. The Red Sox appear as bad as any other team, and worse than most.
Read the report.