Mike Minor was tired of talking about all the speculation over the last few weeks that he was going to be traded by the Rangers. With that distraction over and the All-Star lefty still in Texas, he can focus on fixing some mechanical issues. Minor won for the first time in more than a month, with the Rangers going ahead to stay after he had thrown the last of his 103 pitches in a 9-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night, hours after the trade deadline passed. read more https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401076354