Detroit – Manager Brad Ausmus doesn’t know what’s caused the change in Tyler Collins, but whatever it was, he’s loving the results.
“Whatever the root source is, he’s much more calm this year,” Ausmus said. “He has been since Day 1 of spring training. Little more reserved, less boisterous, more focused. More mature.”
Ausmus put extra emphasis on the last sentence. Collins will be 27 in June. After being toggled between Detroit and Toledo the three previous seasons, this is shaping up to be his first full season in the big leagues.
This is not the same impetuous kid who flipped off a booing crowd at Comerica Park last season.