Minor’s major Rangers deal

Free agent left-hander Mike Minor is close to a multiyear contract with the Texas Rangers, a source familiar with the deal has told Associated Press on Tuesday.

Minor, who will turn 30 on Dec 26, was 6-6 with a 2.55 ERA in 65 relief appearances last season with the Kansas City Royals.

The Rangers plan to use him as a starter.

The seventh overall pick by Atlanta in the 2009 amateur draft, Minor was 38-36 with a 4.10 ERA while starting 110 of 111 games with the Braves from 2010-14 before missing two seasons with shoulder injuries.