Hope springs eternal for the Royals as opening day approaches. The boys in blue enter this season coming off a playoff appearance and seemed to have bolstered the lineup and bullpen while maintaining their solid starting rotation.

On SportsBeat KC, The Star’s sports podcast, columnists Sam McDowell and Vahe Gregorian address expectations for manager Matt Quatraro’s team, and what to make of the late spring training roster moves.

Beat witer Jesse Newell joins the conversation as we switch to the Chiefs and their free agency activies as the period winds down. We also get in a little college basketball conversation after the sooner-than-expected losses by the Kansas Jayhawks and Missouri Tigers in the NCAA Tournament. How did it end so abruptly for the local teams?

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