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Kansas City Royals pitcher Tim Collins jumps over pitcher Will Smith during conditioning drills at a spring training baseball workout Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Will Smith runs during a spring training baseball workout Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Dan Wheeler practices bunting during a spring training baseball workout Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher James Shields gets ready to throw during a spring training baseball workout Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Tim Collins catches a ball during a baseball spring training workout Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost watches a spring training baseball workout Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Players for the Kansas City Royals stretch during a spring training baseball workout Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals' Jarrod Dyson looks down the barrel of a bat during a spring training baseball workout Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Players for the Kansas City Royals participate in a spring training baseball workout, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Minor league players for the Kansas City Royals participate in a spring training baseball workout Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Ervin Santana throws during a spring training baseball workout, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez catches a ball during a spring training baseball workout on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost watches a spring training baseball workout Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Nate Adcock throws during a spring training baseball workout Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez watches for a pitch as he bats during a spring training baseball workout Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Brian Sanchez runs during a spring training baseball workout Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Bruce Chen stretches during a spring training baseball workout on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher John Lamb runs during a spring training baseball workout Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas blows a chewing gum bubble during a spring training baseball workout on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals first base coach Rusty Kuntz, center, instructs position players during a spring training baseball workout on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals players ride in carts between drills during a spring training baseball workout on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas runs a drill during a spring training baseball workout Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals second baseman Johnny Giavotella waits to bat during a spring training baseball workout Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals' Jeff Francoeur (21) bats during a spring training baseball workout on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals' Jeff Francoeur prepares to bat during a spring training baseball workout Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals second baseman Irving Falu talks to teammates in a dugout during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon chases a ball during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Players for the Kansas City Royals walk to practice fields during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Players for the Kansas City Royals stretch during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals right fielder David Lough chases a ball during baseball spring training Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Players for the Kansas City Royals stretch during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals right fielder Jeff Francoeur chases a ball during a spring training baseball workout on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie signs an autograph during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie runs during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Players for the Kansas City Royals stretch during a spring training baseball workout on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Wade Davis bunts during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas catches a ball during a spring training baseball workout on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost (3) talks to players while they stretch during a spring training baseball workout on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer George Brett catches a ball as he bats to infielders during baseball spring training Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals Hall-of-Famer George Brett catches a ball as he bats to infielders during a spring training baseball workout on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals second baseman Chris Getz throws during baseball spring training Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Luke Hochevar bunts during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Alcides Escobar, left, and Christian Colon run during the Kansas City Royals' baseball spring training Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost watches an intrasquad game at baseball spring training, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. Yost was back in training camp after having surgery to remove his gallbladder Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost walks toward a group of players after an intrasquad game at baseball spring training, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. Yost was back in training camp after having surgery to remove his gallbladder Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon throws during a baseball spring training workout Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals' Miguel Tejada throws during a baseball spring training workout Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals second baseman Chris Getz throws during baseball spring training Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar catches a ball during baseball spring training Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas throws during baseball spring training Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals' Alex Gordon is silhouetted as he flips his bat while waiting during batting practice at ball spring training baseball Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Players for the Kansas City Royals warm up for a baseball spring training session Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals' Salvador Perez gets ready for batting practice during baseball spring training Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals' Billy Butler takes batting practice during spring training baseball Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kansas City Royals' James Shields, left, jokes with teammate Elliot Johnson as Johnson poses for a picture on photo day at baseball spring training, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MARCH 16-17 - FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2013 file photo, Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer George Brett hits to players during a spring training baseball workout in Surprise, Ariz. with that familiar blue No. 5 on his broad back, and a hat pulled down over his piercing eyes, it becomes clear that for six weeks in the warm Arizona sun, he relishes this opportunity to be a ballplayer again.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, FIle)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MARCH 16-17 - FILE - Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer George Brett catches a ball as he bats to infielders during a spring training baseball workout in Surprise, Ariz. With that familiar blue No. 5 on his broad back, and a hat pulled down over his piercing eyes, it becomes clear that for six weeks in the warm Arizona sun, he relishes this opportunity to be a ballplayer again. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, APRIL 27-28 - FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2013, file photo, Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez watches for a pitch as he bats during a spring training baseball workout in Surprise, Ariz. Fifteen years ago, shortstops such as Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Nomar Garciaparra changed the perception of their position from slick fielders with little pop to middle-of-lineup run producers. Now, it's do-everything catchers like Perez, showing remarkable versatility from the crouch and the batter's box. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)









































