Traded!

Worcester's Tim Collins was part of a 5 player trade between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Atlanta Braves.

Tim has been dominant at Double A New Hampshire this year, and now he will probably pitch for Atlanta's Double A affiliate, the Mississippi Braves.

It's almost Spring (Training)!

Listed at #10 on Baseball Prospectus' prospect list for the Toronto Blue Jays is Worcester's own Tim Collins.  Tim was born and raised in Worcester, and played for Ted Williams Little League, West Side Babe Ruth, Main South Legion and Worcester Voke.   He was signed as an undrafted minor league free agent in 2007 by Worcester native and former Blue Jays GM J.P. Riccardi.

Tim finished the season last year with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Double A) in Mancherster, NH.  He was the youngest player on the Fisher Cats, and will probably spend the season there.  It's a great ballpark, so take a trip up north to see a local baseball player working his way up the minor leagues.

Here are a few articles on Tim:

http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=288182

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2009-05-08-down-on-the-farm-collins_N.htm

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080803/SPORTS03/808030575