Mets infielder Ruben Tejada was not in Sunday's starting lineup due to an ankle problem, per Newsday.
"The one thing you have to be careful of playing a guy like that," Collins said, per MLB.com, "[is] if he hits the base wrong, or if something happens and you've got to take him out in the third inning or so, you're in big trouble."
Tejada started Saturday's game at shortstop and also played third base, where he had started the previous six games.