Several times over the past year, Ned Yost floated the possibility of retirement when his contract to manage the Kansas City Royals expires after the upcoming season. ''Once we won), Dayton and I, we didn't really start talking contracts until the last couple of weeks,'' Yost said Thursday at the club's spring training home in Surprise, Arizona. Most of the Royals' cornerstone players, including first baseman Eric Hosmer, third baseman Mike Moustakas and shortstop Alcides Escobar, are signed through the 2017 season. More...