Minor has trouble finding strike zone in Rangers debut

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Mike Minor has morphed from being kicked out of the Kansas City Royals clubhouse as an impostor to competing for a spot in the Texas Rangers rotation.

Minor was in the Kansas City Royals clubhouse rehabbing from shoulder surgery in 2016 when he was ordered to leave.

"There was a point where I got kicked out of the clubhouse because a security guy thought I was a fan," Minor said Monday. "So that was probably the down point right there.

"I was in street clothes and on the phone and he told me to get out of the clubhouse. He just didn't know me because I wasn't contributing. That wasn't a fun time. He said, `Sir, you need to get out of here.' That's when I got mad. No, I'm a…