Per Sullivan, Daniels said if the club were to remain in contention then they'd need to address their pitching depth.
The decision whether to part with Minor, who will enter the final year of his contract next season, has been a major talking point to this point in the season. With Minor pitching like a front-of-the-line starter and Texas surprisingly only 2.5 games out of the second wild card spot in the American League, it was believed that Daniels would have a hard time selling the club on trading its best pitcher.
On the other hand, the Rangers have one of the toughest remaining schedules in all of baseball and could be out of the race by July 31, anyways. Which would make it a lot easier on Daniels and his staff to part with the left-hander.
Should Texas make Minor available, he'd arguably shoot to the top of the list of starting pitchers teams would like to acquire for a postseason run. One front office executive with another organization who spoke to 105.3 The Fan's Ben Rogers, said that the Rangers could get a big haul for the 31-year-old.
Minor was selected to his first All-Star game this season after going 8-4 with a 2.54 ERA in the first half.