HOUSTON -- Should the Rangers decide to trade Mike Minor -- and with each day the Rangers sink a little farther in the standings, it would seem more logical they will -- he is the most valuable trade commodity they’ve had in more than a decade.
One rough start isn’t going to measurably change that.
Will three?
On Friday, with a group of scouts on hand to see him, Minor allowed four homers, including three in a four-pitch span, in six innings of work against Houston. In the third inning alone, there was a so-so fastball up in the zone to Jose Altuve, a drifting slider to Alex Bregman and another average fastball to Yordan Alvarez.