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Tim Collins To Undergo Second Tommy John Surgery

By Mark Polishuk | March 24, 2016 at 11:17am CDT

Royals left-hander Tim Collins will require a second Tommy John procedure after his previous elbow graft failed, the team announced to the media (including Rustin Dodd of the Kansas City Star).  Collins underwent his first TJ surgery in March 2015 and subsequently missed the entire season.

Collins was limited to just 21 innings in 2014 due to a strained flexor tendon in his left elbow.  Between that injury and two Tommy John surgeries, it’s fair to wonder if Collins’ pitching career is in serious jeopardy.  Though he won’t be able to pitch until late in the 2017 season (at the earliest), Collins isn’t giving up, telling Dodd and other reporters that he’s ready to once again go through the arduous rehab process.  “I’m still young.  I’m 26,” Collins said.

The southpaw posted a 3.54 ERA, 9.4 K/9 and 5.2 BB/9 in 211 relief innings for the Royals from 2011-14.  Despite his control issues, Collins had good splits against both right-handed (career .675 OPS) and left-handed (.702 OPS) batters and held all hitters to a modest .226/.334/.353 slash line.

The Royals avoided arbitration with Collins by agreeing to a one-year, $1.475MM salary for the coming season, and MLB.com’s Jeffrey Flanagan reports that K.C. will have to eat that salary since the club doesn’t insure one-year contracts.  Collins also earned $1.475MM for his lost 2015 season, so you can count on that same figure for Collins’ third and final trip through the arb process next winter if Kansas City decides to hold onto the lefty.  Since Collins could be out until 2018, however, the Royals could look to re-sign him at a lower salary after a non-tender.

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  1. woodhead1986

    9 years ago

    bet they wish they’d brought back Morales right now.

    Reply
  2. Jedward3

    9 years ago

    As much as that sucks personally for Collins, he was going to be the 6 or 7 best arm in the pen, and Royals under Yost have never really cared about having a LOOGY anyways. They are going to have Duffy in the bullpen anyways, and probably Brian Duensing.

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  3. relic

    9 years ago

    Okay, so where does the Royals sit in the bullpen, since they are the organization that began the “power armed’ bullpen trend that the rest of baseball has now adopted. I have:

    Danny Duffy
    Brian Flynn
    Chris Young
    Luke Hochevar
    Kelvin Herrera
    Joakim Soria
    Wade Davis

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    • repeat2016

      9 years ago

      Agree

      Reply
    • mizzourah87

      9 years ago

      Replace Flynn with Gee

      Reply
    • Tyler_KC_Fan

      9 years ago

      Replace Chris Young (he’s in the rotation) with Scott Alexander.

      Reply
    • Tyler_KC_Fan

      9 years ago

      Replace Young (who is in the rotation) with Alexander. Alexander is a more consistent LHP then Duffy.

      Reply
  4. vwnut13

    9 years ago

    Another Tommy John Surgery a few days past a year of the first surgery?

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