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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Mike_Minor_on_July_29%2C_2014.jpg/440px-Mike_Minor_on_July_29%2C_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1390" data-file-height="2250" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Minor with the Atlanta Braves in 2014</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">Pitcher</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1987-12-26</span>) </span>December 26, 1987<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 36)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Chapel_Hill,_Tennessee" title="Chapel Hill, Tennessee">Chapel Hill, Tennessee</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Left</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">August 9, 2010, for the Atlanta Braves</td></tr><tr style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 17, 2022, for the Cincinnati Reds</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">Win–loss record</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">83–90</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">Earned run average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">4.25</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Strikeouts</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">1,273</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/minormi01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3313463#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" 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title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> (<a href="/wiki/2017_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2017 Major League Baseball season">2017</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> (<a href="/wiki/2018_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2018 Major League Baseball season">2018</a>–<a href="/wiki/2020_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2020 Major League Baseball season">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (<a href="/wiki/2020_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2020 Major League Baseball season">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> (<a href="/wiki/2021_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2021 Major League Baseball season">2021</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> (<a href="/wiki/2022_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2022 Major League Baseball season">2022</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/2019_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2019</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header borderless"><div class="mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; background-color:#ccf; font-size:105%; background-color:transparent;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medals</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><style 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decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/2007_Pan_American_Games" title="2007 Pan American Games">2007 Rio de Janeiro</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_baseball_team" title="United States national baseball team">Team</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/World_University_Baseball_Championship" title="World University Baseball Championship">World University Championship</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/2008_World_University_Baseball_Championship" title="2008 World University Baseball Championship">2008 Brno</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_national_baseball_team" title="United States national baseball team">Team</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael David Minor</b> (born December 26, 1987) is an American former <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a>. He played in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) for the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>. Minor played <a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">college baseball</a> at <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_University" title="Vanderbilt University">Vanderbilt University</a> and was selected by the Braves with the seventh overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/2009_Major_League_Baseball_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Major League Baseball Draft">2009 MLB draft</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minor had an outstanding high school career at <a href="/wiki/Forrest_School_(Chapel_Hill,_Tennessee)" title="Forrest School (Chapel Hill, Tennessee)">Forrest School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chapel_Hill,_Tennessee" title="Chapel Hill, Tennessee">Chapel Hill, Tennessee</a> and was drafted in the 13th round of the <a href="/wiki/2006_Major_League_Baseball_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Major League Baseball Draft">2006 Major League Baseball Draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a> after his senior season. However, he did not sign, choosing to attend <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_University" title="Vanderbilt University">Vanderbilt University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minor played at <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_Commodores_baseball" title="Vanderbilt Commodores baseball">Vanderbilt University</a> with fellow future <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="Major League Baseball draft">first round draft picks</a> <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Alvarez_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedro Alvarez (baseball)">Pedro Alvarez</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Price_(baseball)" title="David Price (baseball)">David Price</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output 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class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit">converting this section</a>, if appropriate. <a href="/wiki/Help:Editing" title="Help:Editing">Editing help</a> is available.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>2007 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American</li> <li>2007 <a href="/wiki/Rivals.com" title="Rivals.com">Rivals.com</a> Freshman All-American</li> <li>2007 <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> All-Freshman Team</li> <li>2007 SEC Freshman of the Year</li> <li>2007 Second Team All-SEC</li> <li>2008 Best pitcher Haarlem Baseball Week</li> <li>2008 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Second Team Pre-season All-America Team<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2009 Louisville Slugger Second Team Pre-season All-American<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2009 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Second Team Pre-season All-America Team<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2009 <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> Pitcher of the Week – Week 8</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_National_Team">United States National Team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: United States National Team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minor pitched for the <a href="/wiki/USA_Baseball" title="USA Baseball">United States National Team (Collegiate)</a> in 2007 and 2008. </p><p>One highlight of the 2008 season was his earning the 4–1 win over Cuba in the championship game of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Haarlem_Baseball_Week" title="2008 Haarlem Baseball Week">Haarlem Baseball Week tournament</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Netherlands">The Netherlands</a>. This victory marked the first time in recorded history that a United States Collegiate National Team has defeated the Cuba Olympic Team in a tournament title game. In the <a href="/wiki/2008_World_University_Baseball_Championship" title="2008 World University Baseball Championship">2008 World University Baseball Championship</a> held in <a href="/wiki/Brno" title="Brno">Brno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>, Minor led Team USA to its third gold medal alongside <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Strasburg" title="Stephen Strasburg">Stephen Strasburg</a>. In the tournament, he was 1–0 with a 1.15 ERA and 16 strikeouts, allowing eight hits in 15<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings for Team USA. In 2008, he was named <i>Baseball America</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Summer Player of the Year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atlanta_Braves">Atlanta Braves</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Atlanta Braves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minor was drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> in the first round (seventh overall) in the <a href="/wiki/2009_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2009 Major League Baseball draft">2009 Major League Baseball draft</a><sup id="cite_ref-mlb090609_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlb090609-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and represented the United States in the 2010 <a href="/wiki/All-Star_Futures_Game" title="All-Star Futures Game">All-Star Futures Game</a>. </p><p>Minor made his major-league debut on August 9, 2010, against the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a>. He recorded his first <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikeout</a> against <a href="/wiki/Chris_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Chris Johnson (baseball)">Chris Johnson</a>. On the night, he went six innings giving up five hits and four runs (three earned) while walking one and striking out five batters; he got a no-decision. In his next start, on August 17, Minor went six innings, giving up five hits and two earned runs, and earned his first major league victory. In his third career start, against the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, Minor went six innings, giving up three earned runs while striking out 12, picking up his second career victory. Those 12 <a href="/wiki/Strikeouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Strikeouts">strikeouts</a> set an <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> rookie strikeout record in a single game; surpassing <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Hanson" title="Tommy Hanson">Tommy Hanson</a>'s 11 strikeouts in <a href="/wiki/2009_Atlanta_Braves_season" title="2009 Atlanta Braves season">2009</a>. On August 18, 2011, in a game against the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>, Minor pitched six scoreless innings, including facing the minimum number of batters over the last four innings. This victory was the first time in 17 major league starts that Minor did not give up a run.<sup id="cite_ref-ajc110819_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ajc110819-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 25, 2013, Minor hit his first career home run off <a href="/wiki/Dillon_Gee" title="Dillon Gee">Dillon Gee</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> in a 6–0 Braves win.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 22, 2014, Minor pitched <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">7<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> no-hit innings, before giving up an RBI single to the Reds' <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hamilton_(baseball,_born_1990)" title="Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1990)">Billy Hamilton</a>. The Braves eventually won the game in the 12th inning on <a href="/wiki/Justin_Upton" title="Justin Upton">Justin Upton</a>'s two-run home run.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minor finished the 2014 season with a 6–12 record and 4.77 ERA, pitching most of the year with a sore shoulder.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Minor became the first Brave since <a href="/wiki/John_Rocker" title="John Rocker">John Rocker</a> in 2001 to challenge the team in an arbitration hearing. He won, and was awarded $5.6 million.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 3, 2015, Minor again began feeling tightness in his shoulder<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was diagnosed with rotator cuff inflammation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, he was placed on the disabled list on March 10.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minor attempted to start throwing programs in mid-March<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and early April,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but felt discomfort both times. He was moved to the 60-day disabled list on May 2.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eleven days later, Minor underwent surgery for a torn labrum, and missed the rest of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Minor became a free agent on December 2, 2015, when the Braves opted not to tender him a contract.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kansas_City_Royals">Kansas City Royals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Kansas City Royals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 19, 2016, Minor signed a two-year contract with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>. It contained a base salary of $7.25 million, with a club option worth $10 million for the 2018 season.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minor started the 2016 season on the disabled list.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royals planned for Minor to return in the second half of the season, but persistent fatigue and discomfort in his shoulder forced Minor to stay on the disabled list for the rest of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of his troubles staying healthy, the Royals announced that Minor would pitch out of the bullpen in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A move to relief brought tremendous results for Minor, who saw his average fastball velocity climb to nearly 95 miles per hour, compared to 91 miles per hour as a starter. Minor would emerge as one of the Royals best relievers, finishing with a 2.55 ERA and six saves, with 88 strikeouts in 77<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings. </p><p>After the season was over Minor announced his intention to return to starting in 2018, despite his 2017 success as a reliever.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Texas_Rangers">Texas Rangers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Texas Rangers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 4, 2017, Minor signed with the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> to a three-year, $28 million deal.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, Minor went 12–8 with a 4.18 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 157 innings. </p><p>In 2019, after posting an MLB-leading 2.40 ERA in his first 17 starts, Minor was selected as an <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/2019_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, because he was scheduled to start the Sunday before the All-Star Game, he did not play.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minor finished the 2019 season with a record of 14–10, a 3.59 ERA, and 200 strikeouts, over <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">208<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minor finished 8th in the 2019 AL <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a> voting.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oakland_Athletics">Oakland Athletics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Oakland Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On August 31, 2020, Minor was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Harris" title="Dustin Harris">Dustin Harris</a> and Marcus Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Kansas_City">Return to Kansas City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Return to Kansas City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 1, 2020, Minor signed a two-year, $18 million contract to return to the Kansas City Royals, with a $13 million club option for the 2023 season and a $1 million buyout.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Minor posted an 8–12 record with a 5.05 ERA and 149 strikeouts over <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">158<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings in 28 starts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cincinnati_Reds">Cincinnati Reds</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Cincinnati Reds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 16, 2022, Minor was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> in exchange for LHP <a href="/wiki/Amir_Garrett" title="Amir Garrett">Amir Garrett</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 8, 2022, the Reds declined Minor's mutual option for the 2023 season, and he became a free agent.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pitch_repertoire">Pitch repertoire</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pitch repertoire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minor leads with a <a href="/wiki/Four-seam_fastball" title="Four-seam fastball">four-seam fastball</a> at 89–93 mph, a pitch he throws more than half the time. In relatively equal amounts he throws a <a href="/wiki/Slider_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slider (baseball)">slider</a> (83–86), a <a href="/wiki/Circle_change" class="mw-redirect" title="Circle change">circle change</a> (82–84), and a <a href="/wiki/Knuckle_curve" title="Knuckle curve">knuckle curve</a> (77–80).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Left-handed hitters rarely see the changeup, especially with two strikes. The curve has a <a href="/wiki/Baseball_statistics#whiff_rate" title="Baseball statistics">whiff rate</a> of 39% over Minor's career.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has produced one of the league's lowest <a href="/wiki/Ground_ball/fly_ball_ratio" title="Ground ball/fly ball ratio">ground ball/fly ball ratios</a> since he debuted.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Minor_(baseball)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLeBlanc2009" class="citation news cs1">LeBlanc, Jay (August 11, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/national-pastime/2009/aug/11/prospect-qa-mike-minor-braves/">"Prospect Q&A - Mike Minor, Braves"</a>. <i>Washington Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Murphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: Young</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Smith_(baseball)" title="Ken Smith (baseball)">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: Cole</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Horner" title="Bob Horner">Horner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Komminsk" title="Brad Komminsk">Komminsk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Dayley" title="Ken Dayley">Dayley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Acker" title="Jim Acker">Acker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: Roberts</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Duane_Ward" title="Duane Ward">Ward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <i>None</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Drew_Denson" title="Drew Denson">Denson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Greene" title="Tommy Greene">Greene</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Kent_Mercker" title="Kent Mercker">Mercker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Derek_Lilliquist" title="Derek Lilliquist">Lilliquist</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Avery_(baseball)" title="Steve Avery (baseball)">Avery</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Houston" title="Tyler Houston">Houston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Chipper_Jones" title="Chipper Jones">C. 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