 The Royals were the only team losing less than 10 games other than the Baltimore Orioles (9 losses), ending spring training with a 25–7–2 record.Kansas City lost their first spring training game after 11 wins in a row, the only unbeaten team in spring training at that point.Kansas City manager Ned Yost said "The key to our success this year is going to be our pitching staff, because we can catch the ball.