Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Mike Minor struggled in Friday's start against the St. Louis Cardinals. He pitched five innings and allowed seven hits, two walks and four earned runs while striking out seven. Over 23 starts on the year, Minor is 8-10 with a 5.39 ERA, a 1.27 WHIP and a 23.3% strikeout rate. He has a 4.37 xERA on the year, so he's been a little unlucky so far, but he's giving up far too much hard contact to be successful. He ranks in the 24th percentile in xSLG (.437) and in ...

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Mike Minor had a strong outing against the Chicago White Sox on Monday. Minor pitched six innings and allowed three hits, two walks and two earned runs while striking out seven. He earned the win to improve to 8-8 on the year. This was Minor's second consecutive quality start. Prior to these last two starts, he had really been struggling. He allowed a total of 10 earned runs over his first two starts of July. Minor will take a 5.32 ERA and a 1.28 WHIP into ...

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Mike Minor recorded his seventh win of the year on Tuesday as he helped lead the team to a 5-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Minor pitched six innings and allowed five hits, one walk and two runs (one earned) while striking out five. It was just his third quality start over his past nine outings. Minor had really been struggling lately before this start. He'd allowed at least four earned runs in each of his previous four starts. He now has a 5.45 ERA and ...

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Mike Minor had a rough outing in Saturday's contest against the Cleveland Indians. Minor pitched four innings and allowed nine hits, one walk and six earned runs while striking out two. He was tagged with the loss, dropping his record to 6-8 on the year. Minor has really been struggling lately with just one quality start over his last six starts. He's allowed at least four earned runs in four straight outings now. He'll head into the All-Star break with a ...

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Mike Minor suffered his seventh loss of the year in the team's 6-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday. He pitched six innings and allowed three hits, three walks and four earned runs while striking out six. Minor had allowed a total of 14 earned runs over his previous two starts, so Monday's outing was at least a step in the right direction. Still, there's not much reason to be inspired by what Minor has done on the mound this year. He has a 5.36 ERA and ...

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Mike Minor had another rough outing in Wednesday's start against the Boston Red Sox. He pitched five innings and allowed seven hits, two walks and five earned runs while recording just one strikeout. He was tagged with the loss, dropping his record to 6-6 on the year. Minor has had some scattered success throughout the year, but he's now allowed 14 earned runs over his last 10 innings. He posted a 6.44 ERA over six starts in June and he has a 5.33 ERA and ...

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Mike Minor had a strong outing in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Boston Red Sox. Minor pitched 6 2/3 innings and allowed nine hits, one walk and two earned runs while striking out six. He earned the win to improve to 6-4 on the year. Minor threw a season-high 107 pitches in the game. It was the fourth time he'd reached triple-digits in pitches this year. Over 15 starts on the year, Minor has a 4.48 ERA and 1.18 WHIP to go along with a 25.8% strikeout rate. He's ...

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Mike Minor surrendered seven hits and four earned runs over 5 2/3 innings against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday. He didn't walk anyone and he struck out five. Minor was tagged with the loss, dropping his season-long record to 5-4. He has been a bit up-and-down lately. He'd recorded quality starts in two of his previous three outings before this one. On the year, he has a 4.63 ERA and 1.15 WHIP to go along with a 26.3% strikeout rate. His next start will be ...

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Mike Minor helped his team defeat the Oakland A's 6-1. Minor fanned eight opposing hitters while giving up one earned run and three hits in seven innings pitched. The left-hander now has a 5-3 record in 2021. He carries a 4.50 ERA in 74 innings pitched. This year, Minor has thrown fairly solid for Kansas City. Fantasy Managers in need of a serviceable veteran pitcher could pickup Minor if needed.

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Mike Minor was the victim of three home runs and five total runs (all earned) in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Minnesota Twins. He pitched seven innings in total and surrendered seven hits and one walk while striking out five. He was tagged with the loss in the game and fell to 4-3 on the year. Minor has had some decent starts here and there throughout the season and he's gotten a bit unlucky as his 4.01 xERA is sufficiently lower than his real ERA (4.84). He'll...