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Rockies’ Tim Collins Opts Out Of 2020 Season

By Steve Adams | July 27, 2020 at 12:36pm CDT

The Rockies announced Monday that left-hander Tim Collins has informed the club that he will opt out of the remainder of the 2020 season. He’d been in the team’s 60-man player pool but did not make the Opening Day, 30-man roster.

Colorado has also formally added nine players to its 60-man pool, per the announcement. Joining the group are right-handers Tommy Doyle, Karl Kauffmann and Wes Parsons; infielders Aaron Schunk, Michael Toglia, Ryan Vilade and Colton Welker; lefty Helcris Olivarez; and catcher Willie MacIver.

The Rockies’ announcement comes after two game — the Marlins/Orioles tilt in Miami and the Phillies/Yankees contest in Philadelphia — were postponed due to Covid-19 concerns. However, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale tweets that Collins had already informed the team of his decision to opt out prior to today’s news. That said, with 11 players and a pair of coaches testing positive in the Marlins organization alone since Friday, it’s certainly possible that we’ll see another wave of players decide to step away from the season citing health and safety concerns.

Collins, 30, was a staple in the Royals’ bullpen from 2011-14, pitching to a 3.54 ERA with better than a strikeout per frames part of a relief corps that eventually served as the backbone for consecutive World Series appearances. Unfortunately for Collins, he was only a part of the 2014 World Series runner-up roster, as he underwent Tommy John surgery early in 2015. When Collins appeared on the cusp of returning in 2016, he suffered a second UCL tear that led to a second Tommy John surgery.

All told, Collins missed the 2015-17 seasons while recovering, but he returned to the mound in 2018 and made it back to the Majors with the Nationals. In two seasons since his return, he’s totaled 31 1/3 frames in the Majors and logged a 4.02 ERA with a 25-to-15 K/BB ratio. He’s handled righties better than lefties in his career to date, so Collins isn’t necessarily impacted by the three-batter minimum rule like some other southpaws might be.

The 2020 season could’ve been a proving grounds of sorts for Collins, who is still young enough to reestablish himself as a quality reliever. But he’ll instead opt to step aside amid the current health concerns and likely look for another minor league deal this winter.

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  1. baseballpun

    6 months ago

    “The Marlins have announced that both of their remaining healthy players have opted out of the 2020 season.”

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    • Cey Hey

      6 months ago

      Both Marlins fans are disappointed by this news.

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      • Simonmike

        6 months ago

        Lol

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  2. rangerslegend34107

    6 months ago

    We are about to see a run a players opting out.

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    • baseballpun

      6 months ago

      Live video from MLB clubhouses nation-wide:

      *https://gfycat.com/thriftywelllitegg*

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    • Halo11Fan

      6 months ago

      I doubt it. If we see a player suffer something that isn’t considered minor we may, but otherwise I doubt it.

      What we might see is these players taking better precautions. But they are in their 20s, at that age, wisdom comes slow.

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      • baseballpun

        6 months ago

        Ask Freddie Freeman how minor it was for him.

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        • Halo11Fan

          6 months ago

          It was pretty darn minor.

          Have you ever been sick. Really sick? Did you think you were going to die? Probably not.

          However, if you were the same amount of sick, and you found out it was Covid, you’d be scared to death.

          Freddie Freeman got sick. Haven’t we all.

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        • whynot

          6 months ago

          Just how do you know Freeman’s illness was “pretty darn minor”? Wasn’t his account of the illness enough for Markakis to opt out of the season?

          I think seeing someone get a direct account and react the way they did is a better source than some internet fanboy making a totally unfounded claim.

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        • Halo11Fan

          6 months ago

          Because he talked about it. One day he was really really sick. The next day he was much better.

          Is he a liar?

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        • whynot

          6 months ago

          From ESPN: On Saturday, the four-time All-Star revealed he had a high temperature of 104.5 degrees while sick with the disease and prayed for his life.

          “I said a little prayer that night,” Freeman said in a video conference call. “I’ve never been that hot before. My body was really, really hot. … I said ‘Please don’t take me’ because I wasn’t ready.”

          Doesn’t quite sound like “pretty darn minor” experience from his own account

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      • kylegocougs

        6 months ago

        Someone has heart issues already

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        • Halo11Fan

          6 months ago

          If someone has health issues, they should opt out.

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      • Connorsoxfan

        6 months ago

        E-Rod would scare me as a player. It’s far from the worst thing that could happen but man if you were someone like Trout who was worried before all of this, that really toes the line I think

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        • Halo11Fan

          6 months ago

          Connor… let me see, I can worry about a minor heat condition that will take care of itself or I can have sex with the groupie in the hotel lobby?

          The players are going to hit the girl in the lobby. But if it can affect the entire team, and the coaches, maybe they wont.

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      • rangerslegend34107

        6 months ago

        You obviously aren’t reading what players and managers are saying right now then after this fiasco with the Marlins. Many are scared…their words. Not mine. And are having internal discussions on what to do going forward. It is not a stretch to believe that we may see a walk-out this baseball season.

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        • wild bill tetley

          6 months ago

          Marlins clearly weren’t scared enough yesterday, knowing they had positive tests and still said they wanted to play. That should be headline news.

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    • DarkSide830

      6 months ago

      first time that was said it didnt happen. hasnt happened even after E-Rod’s diagnosis yet. i wouldn’t bet on it at this point.

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      • Halo11Fan

        6 months ago

        Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke said at the time that the left-hander’s “minor complications” were enough for the club to take it as cautiously as possible with Rodriguez.

        His complications were “minor”. But when players can infect their entire team, and coaches, maybe they’ll stay in their hotel room without “company” for three months. I doubt it, but maybe.

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        • gbs42

          6 months ago

          @Halo11fan – What is your obsession with the players’ sex lives and assumptions about what they are doing?

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        • whynot

          6 months ago

          You also have to point out just how sexist and antiquated his comments are.

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    • coachtim

      6 months ago

      Think you’re wrong. They in awesome shape n health. Not going to adversely affect them.

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  3. harpatkel50

    6 months ago

    Is Jason Giambi still playing?

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  4. Frank Waller

    6 months ago

    Is it a shocker to anyone that a Florida based team was the first to get hit hard?

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    • Halo11Fan

      6 months ago

      I think they can find it pretty quick. Which means there is a good chance they got it in Philadelphia.

      Players have a very hard time spending three days in a hotel room.

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      • wild bill tetley

        6 months ago

        Maybe. Could’ve picked it up in Miami prior to the series.

        As for that question by Frank, I think after a few months we shouldn’t be shocked over who got what and where.

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        • Halo11Fan

          6 months ago

          They could have. But if it takes four days to test positive, and in the mean time you can spread it to several others, this will never work.

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        • wild bill tetley

          6 months ago

          Which begs the question: what were these guys doing off the field?

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        • whynot

          6 months ago

          The fish arrived in philly either Wednesday night or Thursday from Atlanta. If it takes 3 or 4 days for it show up in tests, then it’s a pretty safe assumption that they picked it up in ATL or back in FL.

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  5. I give no fox

    6 months ago

    If the season is canceled, does Bobby Bonilla still get paid?

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    • Cey Hey

      6 months ago

      The Mets will still be paying him after the Betts, Trout, and Harper contracts are over.

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    • AtlSoxFan

      6 months ago

      Yes. Bonilla is getting deferred payments that are independent of there being any season. You could have a lockout and he gets paid.

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      • whynot

        6 months ago

        You are ruining their attempt at a joke with logic

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  6. Briffle

    6 months ago

    youtu.be/vOtrS7HkMHQ

    This is about 75% of baseball fans right now.

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  7. MJ

    6 months ago

    Shouldn’t the Braves be cancelled too? And the Mets?

    In theory it takes a few days to test positive, so wouldn’t it put the Braves also at risk who just played exhibition games right before the season started?

    Then wouldn’t that put the Mets at risk who just played the Braves?

    I feel like if you’re taking precautions, it makes just as much sense to cancel the Braves and Mets games too.

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    • Halo11Fan

      6 months ago

      “In theory it takes a few days to test positive”

      If it takes a few days, how can they have a season? Not with games seven days week as they have now.

      But the players wanted as many games a possible. The owners didn’t, the players did.

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