Before he took the mound last night in the nation’s capital, 28-year-old lefty Tim Collins had not pitched in the majors since October 28, 2014, when he threw a scoreless inning against the San Francisco for the Kansas City Royals in the World Series.
The next March, Collins had Tommy John surgery. One year later, in March of 2016, an MRI revealed that the replacement ligament in his elbow didn’t hold. Collins had a second surgery that Spring.