The Royals and outfielder Tyler Collins are in agreement on a minor league pact, tweets SB Nation’s Chris Cotillo. He’s represented by the Beverly Hills Sports Council.
Collins, 28 in June, is no stranger to the AL Central after spending parts of the past four seasons with the Tigers. The former sixth-round pick (2011) at times looked like he could lock down a fairly significant role in Detroit. The 2015 campaign saw Collins take 207 plate appearances with the big league club and post a solid, if unspectacular .266/.316/.417 slash. At the very least, the Tigers’ confidence in his ability to play all three outfield spots made him a candidate to stick around as a fourth outfielder.
From 2016-17, though, Collins’ offensive production tumbled in significant fashion (.213/.291/.357) — a decline that prompted the Tigers to designate him for assignment midway through the 2017 campaign. Collins cleared waivers and stuck with the organization, returning later in the year only to be outrighted once again in October, at which point he filed for minor league free agency.
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While Collins clearly doesn’t have much in the way of MLB success under his belt, he did hit .288/.358/.462 in Triple-A this past season. At the very least, he’ll give the Royals a depth option for an outfield that looks anything but settled. With Lorenzo Cain’s likely departure via free agency, the Royals will deploy Alex Gordon in left field (in hopes of a significant rebound), while Paulo Orlando, Billy Burns, Jorge Bonifacio and Jorge Soler split up the remaining outfield reps.
who remembers when he gave the finger to the crowd
First thing I thought when I saw this
This guy!! I’ve been to Comerica Park, they probably deserved it!!
A pro baseball player that can’t field. Any crowd would boo.
White Sox should sign him just for that! Lol
How could you not, it was a thing of beauty. I wish more outfielders would do that when they missed a fly ball
LOL
The same crowd that once produced a father son combination that charged the field and attacked a KC Royal first base coach.
That occurred at Comiskey Park…not in Detroit.
He won’t get much playing time……..but then again, he doesn’t deserve any playing time
I just pray that the bird won’t take flight in Omaha
Another deal that no one cares about except for Tyler Collins and his family.
And the Kansas City Royals, apparently.
Omaha probably more than anyone.
Well, at least they have Bubba Starling in the fold to take one of those outfield spots.
This is the same guy that, while with the Erie Seawolves, was the strikeout-and-everyone-in-attendance-gets-a-free-BigMac guy…5th inning, you guessed it, he strikes out, walks back to the dugout, I say “thanks for the BigMac Tyler”…he grabs his sack while saying “suck my d!ck” to me in front of my wife and 5 year old son sitting front row. He wrote an apology on a baseball and tossed it to me a few innings later. Still pretty classless and proof he wouldn’t be able to handle the bright lights in the Big Show.
Great story!
Brandon Phillips did a rather hysterical message on a baseball to a heckler.
Just look up Brandon Phillips heckler- No subscription required- still the picture is strongly reccommended.
Hilarious…it’s a Pirate fan…I’m from Pittsburgh too. Lol
Good, enjoy him Royal fans. I couldn’t believe he stuck around this long. His defense isn’t noted on here but it’s awful in addition to his weak bat.