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Lefty Collins to undergo 2nd Tommy John surgery

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Royals left-hander Tim Collins, who had Tommy John surgery March 11, 2015, will need a second Tommy John surgery after an MRI revealed the ligament graft from the first surgery had not held.

The Royals said there is no timetable for the second surgery. Collins said he was definitely going to have it.

"I'm still young," Collins said. "I'm 26."

Collins said he began feeling soreness two weeks ago in the elbow area.

"A lot of what I was feeling was normal in this stage of the process," Collins said.