Graduated from Forrest School in Chapel Hill, TN...attended Vanderbilt University, where in his career he went 22-10 in 51 apps...pitched for the Team USA collegiate national team in 2007 and 2008.
2021
Led the Royals in starts, strikeouts and innings pitched while ranking second in quality starts (9, Brady Singer 10)...His 158.2 innings were the fewest by a team leader in Royals history, excluding the 2020 COVID season (Mark Redman, 2006, 167ip)...Walked just 41 batters in 158.2 innings but fell 3.1 innings shy of qualifying for league rankings...Among American League pitchers who threw at least 158.2 innings, his 41 walks tied for the fifth-fewest...ranked eighth in strikeouts-to-walks (3.63) while finishing 10th in strikeouts...On 7/10 at Cle's Progressive Field made his 200th career start...In a 6-0 loss on 8/13 vs StL became the 14th active pitcher to reach 100 quality starts...Missed the last 18 games of the season while on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder impingement...was his first stint on the injured or disabled list since he missed the 2016 season following left shoulder surgery...Made his last appearance of the season on 9/8 at Bal (6ip, 5h, 0r, 0bb, 3k, 90pch).
2020
Acquired by Oakland on Aug. 31 with cash for two players to be named (INF Dustin Harris and OF Marcus Smith) and international slot money...Combined to go 1-6 with a 5.56 ERA (35 ER in 56.2 IP) with 62 strikeouts (9.85 K/9), making 12 appearances (11 starts) between Texas and Oakland...Finished with a losing record for just the second time in his career (6-12 in 2014)...Surrendered 11 home runs, which tied for 10th-most in the American League…10 of the 11 homers came to right-handed batters, while seven of the 11 came the first time through the lineup...Held opponents to a .230 batting average (50-for-217), which was the second-lowest mark of his career (.204 with KC in 2017)…that included holding the opposition to a .197 mark (15-for-76) in his five appearances (four starts) with Oakland... Pitched to a 2.73 ERA (10 ER in 33.0 IP) in innings 1-3… however, he had a 8.75 ERA (23 ER in 23.2 IP) from the fourth inning on...Opened the year in the Rangers’ starting rotation, but took the loss in each of his first three starts, pitching to a 6.89 ERA (12 ER in 15.2 IP)…suffered five losses in his first six starts, marking the first time he’s started a season 0-5…the five-game losing skid was tied for sixth-longest in the Majors in 2020...Recorded his 1,000th career strikeout on Aug. 6 at Oakland, fanning Ramón Laureano...Tossed 6.0 scoreless innings on Aug. 28 vs. the Dodgers in his final start as a Ranger, but did not earn a decision, despite exiting with a 2-0 lead...Made his Oakland debut out of the bullpen, allowing back-to-back homers to Fernando Tatis and Manny Machado on Sept. 4 at San Diego marked his first relief appearance since Sept. 30, 2017 with KC vs. Arizona...Tossed a two-hit shutout in the second game of a doubleheader on Sept. 14 at Seattle, earning a 9-0 win to snap his skid…marked his second career shutout (also, April 16, 2019 vs. LAA).
2019
A first-time All-Star selection, Minor finished the year with career highs in wins (14), innings (208.1), and strikeouts (200)…ranked among A.L. leaders in innings (T4th, 208.1), ERA (6th, 3.59), opp. OPS (7th, .704), opp. BA (8th, .244), opp. SLG (9th, .395), and WHIP (10th, 1.238)…opponents hit .214 (33-154) with RISP, 3rd-lowest in the A.L…his 16 QS were T11th in the A.L…led MLB with 8 outings of 8.0+ IP, one of just 3 Texas pitchers with so many outings in a season since 2001 (10-Matt Harrison in 2012, 8-Cliff Lee in 2010)…Rangers went 17-15 in his 32 starts. ALL-STAR: Selected to A.L. team for 2019 MLB All-Star Game (MLB selection)…marked his 1st career selection…was the Rangers' first left-handed pitcher selected since Cole Hamels in 2016…did not pitch in the game, as he had skipped final start prior to break (7/7 at MIN) for extra rest ahead of 2nd 'half'.
STRIKEOUTS: Ranked 10th in A.L. in both SO (200) and SO/9 (8.64)…reached 200 K's for the 1st time, producing a career-high 4 double-digit strikeout games, this after entering 2019 with 4 such games in his entire career…career-high 13 K's on 4/27 at SEA, tying the Texas club record for K's by a LHP in a game accomplished twice previously: Jamie Moyer on 4/8/89 vs. TOR and Cliff Lee on 7/27/10 vs. OAK…marked highest SO total by a Ranger in 2019, most for Texas since Yu Darvish fanned 15 on 8/12/13 at HOU.
SUMMARY: Allowed 6 R-ER in 4.2 IP on Opening Day, 3/28 vs. CHC, taking loss in Rangers' 12-4 defeat…over next 16 starts from 4/3-6/26, went 8-3 with a 2.00 ERA (24 ER/108.0 IP) and .219/.286/.331/.617 opponent slash line to drop season ERA to 2.40…was 1-2, 6.59 (20 ER/27.1 IP) over 5 July starts to raise ERA from 2.40 to 3.21, then posted 15.0 SHO IP over 1st 2 starts/wins in August to sit at 2.90…was 3-4, 5.57 (33 ER/53.1 IP) in final 8 starts beginning 8/16 to raise final ERA from 2.90 to 3.59, highest since his 3rd start of the year.
SHUT 'EM DOWN: Ranked T3rd in A.L. with 2 CG (4/16 vs. LAA, 6/26 at DET), 1st Ranger with multiple CG since Colby Lewis (2) in 2015…his April effort against the Angels marked the 1st CG shutout of his career, 1st by a TEX pitcher since A.J. Griffin on 5/9/17 at SD, 1st in Arlington since Colby Lewis on 9/11/15 vs. OAK…had A.L.-high 6 outings of 7.0+ shutout innings, T4th-most in MLB and tied for club record in a season (5th time, last Yu Darvish in 2014)…compiled a 19.0-inning scoreless streak from 7/31-8/16, 2nd-longest by a Ranger in '19 (23.0-Jesse Chavez) and longest by a Texas starter since Cole Hamels (24.0 IP) from 7/1-20/17…had 29.0 consecutive scoreless innings at home from 4/3-5/20, setting a Globe Life Park in Arlington record in the facility's final season…had 7.1 SHO IP on 9/2 at NYY in 7-0 win, as TEX ended Yankees' streak of not being shut out at 220 G…won consecutive 1-0 affairs 8/5 at CLE and 8/11 at MIL, the 1st pitcher to win back-to-back road starts w/ 1 R of support since TB's Steve Trachsel in 2000 (credit Elias).
NOTES: Finished 2nd among league qualifiers in pitches per game (104.9)…was a unanimous selection as Rangers Player of the Month for June (3-0, 1.70, 0.97 WHIP, .180/.266/.289/.555 opp. slash)…had 12 consecutive starts w/ 3-or-fewer R and 5.0+ IP from 4/27-6/26, the longest single-season streak in club history…his 23 GIDP induced were 2nd in the A.L…issued 68 BB, T3rd-most in the A.L., and 30 HR, T9th-most in the league… wore uniform no. 36 in 2018, but switched to no. 23 for 2019.
2018
In his 1st season as a starter since 2014, Minor led Texas starters in wins (12), starts (28), innings (157.0), strikeouts (132), and quality starts (13)…more than doubled his innings total from 2017 with Kansas City (77.2), producing his most innings since 2013 with the Braves (career-high 204.2 IP)…fell one win shy of matching his career high win total of 13 achieved with Atlanta in 2013.
2017
In his lone season with KC, led staff in relief wins (6), was 2nd in appearances (65) and saves (6) and placed 3rd in holds (17) and games finished (13)…career low 2.55 ERA was 2nd lowest among all KC pitchers…tied for 7th among A.L relievers in wins and was T11th in strikeouts (88), 2nd most ever for a Royals lefty (Tim Collins, 93 in 2012)…issued just 0.58 home runs per 9.0 innings, 2nd-lowest among A.L. pitchers (min. 70.0 IP), bettered by Rangers' Alex Claudio (0.54 HR/9.0 IP)…held opposition to .204 batting average, including .163 vs. LHB, 7th-lowest mark in A.L. (minimum 90 batters faced)…had a 1.017 WHIP, 10th-lowest in ML (min. 70.0 IP).
SUMMARY: Allowed runs in 17 of 65 appearances with 18 of 65 first batters reaching base…permitted 14 of 34 IR to score (41.2%)…appearance on 4/3 at MIN was first in Majors since 9/20/14 vs. NYM, start with ATL and snapped a string of 102 straight starts since lone ML relief outing on 10/1/10 vs. PHI…posted a 3.65 ERA (5 ER/12.1 IP) in 10 April games… went 5-0, 1.16 (4 ER/31.0 IP) in his next 25 appearances, allowing runs just 3 times, to drop ERA to 1.87 at the All-Star break, 2nd lowest among qualifying A.L. relievers at that point… worked 14.1 scoreless innings over 10 games, 5/4-26…was 0-5, 5.68 (12 ER/19.0 IP) in first 16 outings of 2nd half to raise ERA to 3.03 through 8/24…went 1-0, 0.59 (1 ER/15.1 IP) in his final 14 appearances, ending the year with 7.0 scoreless innings in 7 games.
SAVES: Finished the season at KC's closer, earning first 6 ML saves in final 6 appearances with 5.2 scoreless innings… was first KC lefthander with 6+ saves since Jeremy Affeldt in 2004 (13)…collected first career save on 9/15 at CLE, striking out the side in the 9th to protect a 4-3 victory which snapped the Tribe's 22-game winning streak…was 0-for-3 in save tries prior to that time.
2016
Signed a two-year free agent contract on February 19, with a mutual option for the 2018 season...Did not pitch in the Major Leagues, spending time at Northwest Arkansas (AA) and Omaha (AAA) as part of two separate rehab assignments...Made his season debut on May 10, tossing 1.1 innings at Arkansas…it marked his first professional outing since September 20, 2014, with Atlanta...Had two starts for the Naturals and three at Omaha, May 10-30, before being shut down until after the All-Star break…posted a 4.05 ERA with 19 strikeouts in 20.0 innings over his second rehab assignment.
2015
Mike missed the entire season after suffering a torn labrum...he was placed on the disabled list during Spring Training and had surgery on May 13 in Los Angeles.
2014
Ranked eighth among NL lefthanders (minimum 100.0 IP) with a strikeout/walk ratio of 2.73 (120/44). Ranked 10th among NL lefties (minimum 100.0 IP) with a strikeout/9.0 IP rate of 7.43...His 21 home runs allowed ranked second on the team and ranked tied for 16th in the NL...Allowed a career-high-tying 11 hits on four different occasions, last doing so on 7/12 at CHI. His 10.22 H/9.0 IP was the highest of his career for a full season and the highest by a Braves starter last year...Was slowed during spring training by left shoulder tendinitis and made no official spring appearances. Opened the season on the 15-day disabled list before making his season debut on 5/2 vs. SF...Made five rehabilitation appearances (four starts) from 4/3-25, combining to go 2-2 with a 4.43 ERA (11 ER/22.1 IP) between Rome (A), Mississippi (AA) and Gwinnett (AAA)...Made his season debut on 5/2 vs. SF and suffered a 2-1 loss as he allowed two solo home runs over 6.0 innings. The loss was the first of his career to the Giants...Went 0-2 with a 5.90 ERA in five starts in the month of June, as he fanned 35 batters in 29.0 innings (the Braves went 3-2 in his June starts). Went 2-3 with a 3.41 ERA in six starts in the month of May...After his scheduled start on 8/8 vs. WSH was skipped, pitched to a 3.42 ERA (18 ER/47.1 IP) over his final eight starts to close the season...Held a no-hitter through 7.2 innings on 8/22 at CIN, ultimately allowing one hit and walking four in Atlanta's 3-1, 12-inning victory. The no-hit bid was the longest of his career.
2013
Ranks fourth in the majors with a 2.90 ERA since the 2012 All-Star break (min. 40 starts), going 19-13 in 46 starts during that span. Led the Braves in innings pitched for the second straight year (had 179.1 in 2012). His strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.93 (181:46) ranked eighth in the National League. His .217 opponents' average against LHB ranked 12th in the NL (min. 150 ABs). Owned the fifth-highest run support average in the NL at 5.47 (16th in MLB). The Braves averaged 3.6 runs per start while he was still in the game. On 9/17 [1] at WSH, he allowed three runs in the first, but retired 17 of his last 19 batters faced, including four perfect innings (2nd-6th). The bullpen surrendered a two-run lead in the ninth and Atlanta lost 6-5. The two homers he allowed on 8/31 vs. MIA were the first he'd given up since 7/26 (he entered the game with a string of 33.2 homerless IP since 7/26). Tossed his first career complete game on 7/21 at CWS. He went 8.0 IP in the 3-1 loss to the White Sox. In 18 starts, from 5/8-8/11, he went 9-3 with a 2.74 ERA, with 112 strikeouts and just 27 walks in 118.1 IP. Went 4-0 with a 1.98 ERA and a .186 opponents' average in the month of May. 2013 marked his first postseason appearance. Was listed on the 2012 WC roster, but did not appear. Made his first career postseason start on 10/4 vs. LAD in Game 2 of the NLDS by allowing just one run over 6.1 innings while striking out five. The 4-3 victory was the Braves' only win of the series. He was the first Braves starting pitcher to allow only one run in a postseason game since Tim Hudson in Game 3 of the 2010 NLDS and was the first left-handed pitcher to start a postseason game for the Braves since Mike Hampton started Game 2 of the 2004 NLDS.
2012
Went 4-0 with a 0.87 ERA and .129 opponents' average in five September starts. Made 12 "quality starts" in his last 15 outings (since 7/5 at CHI). His record was 7-4 over his last 15 starts, dating to 7/5 at CHI. In those 15 games, Minor pitched at a 2.21 ERA, but received just 36 runs of support (3.5 per game) in that span. Despite allowing only one home run in the month of September, he still tied for fifth in the National League with 26 home runs allowed. His totals include: April (3), May (10), June (5), July (4) and August (3). Lost three consecutive starts from 8/7-19, despite recording a "quality start" in each outing. Atlanta's offense scored just one run in those three starts. Tossed a career-high 8.0 innings twice (4/19 at ARI, 7/28 vs. PHI) while striking out a season-high nine batters in each of those starts.
2011
Had a career-high five-game winning streak from 6/21 to 9/8 (3.57 ERA, 7 GS, 40.1 IP, 8 BB, 43 K)...Snapped a four-game Major League losing streak on 6/21 vs. TOR, the streak dated to 9/15/10 (6 G, 5 GS)...Had allowed just three home runs in 72.1 IP (284 AB) prior to 9/19, but then allowed three in 5.2 IP...Went 3-1 with a 3.10 ERA in seven starts at home and 2-2 with a 5.14 ERA in eight starts on the road...Went 4-1 with a 3.83 ERA in nine starts after the All-Star break (1-2, 4.59 ERA, 6 GS before the break)...Named the International League Pitcher of the Week twice, for the week ending 4/24 (1-0, 1.42 ERA, 2 GS,
12.2 IP, 7 H, 13 K) and for the week ending 6/5 (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GS, 8.0 shutout IP, 1 H, 9 K)...Struck out a season-high nine batters on two separate occasions, 4/12 vs. NOR and 6/5 vs. BUF.
2010
Had his contract purchased 8/7 from Gwinnett (AAA) and became the first Braves player from the 2009 draft to reach the Majors... Ranked fifth in the Braves organization with 146 strikeouts...Made his Major League debut 8/9 at HOU and became the first left-handed pitcher to start a game for the Braves in 2010 and the first since Jo-Jo Reyes on 5/13/2009 at NYM. Reyes was also the last rookie lefthander to start a game for the Braves (9/27/2007)...His first career win came against WSH on 8/17 and his first career loss also came against WSH on 9/15...Selected to the 2010 XM All-Star Futures Game on 7/11 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, earning a hold with a perfect 1.0 IP in a 9-1 U.S. victory over the World team...Set the Atlanta rookie record with 12 strikeouts in his start on 8/22 at Wrigley Field. The record was previously held by Tommy Hanson, who recorded 11 punchouts 7/20/09 at SF. His 12 strikeouts also tied the franchise mark for single-game strikeouts by a rookie. George Brunet had 12 on 6/17/60 vs. STL and Bob Sadowski also had 12 on 9/5/63 vs. PIT...Entered 2010 rated as the Braves' fourth-best prospect by Baseball America.
2009
Chosen as the seventh overall pick in the 2009 draft and became the first college pitcher selected as the Braves' top pick since 2005 (RHP Joey Devine, NC State)...Following the draft, signed with the Braves on 8/6 and reported to Rome (A) for his professional debut on 8/20 vs. Charleston (2.0 IP, 0 R, 2 K)...Was the Braves' highest draft selection since outfielder Mike Kelly was taken second overall in 1991 from Arizona State University...Appeared in seven games (all starts) for the Peoria Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League (1-0, 4.86 ERA, 16.2 IP, 9 ER, 6 BB, 12 K)...Was named to the AFL Rising Stars team and was the starting pitcher for the West squad (0.2 IP, 7 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR), fellow Braves prospect Craig Kimbrel earned the save in the exhibition.
