By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas CIty Royals open their long-awaited spring camp in Arizona on Monday with a somewhat unexpected edge over just about every other team in baseball: youth. For one thing, they return almost their entire roster intact, making an abbreviated spring training easier to deal with. For another, all those players are full of youthful energy, and might not quite need the two months of work to get limbered up for the season.
The Royals are coming off a 74-88 season but were coming on strong at the end, giving them a lot of optimism about the upcoming year.