Reliever Tim Collins is scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery on his left elbow on Friday, Royals trainer Nick Kenney confirmed. The operation will be performed by Neil ElAttrache, a orthopedic surgeon at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, Calif.
Collins, a left-hander, had the same reconstructive elbow procedure last March. He was in the final months of the rehab process when the new tendon graft in his elbow failed. Collins’ first surgery was performed by James Andrews at the Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Alabama.
For pitchers, a second Tommy John surgery requires a longer rehab.