The Royals will switch back to primarily using closer Joakim Soria in standard, three-out save situations under new manager Ned Yost. Under Trey Hillman, Kansas City had often asked Soria to get long saves. "I don't think I would hesitate to use Soria in a four-out situation," Yost said, "but I don't generally like to do it. I think a closer is at his best when he comes in, gets his work done and goes into the locker room. "I don't like to see a closer come in, have to get an out, go sit down and then have to go back out and get three more outs." Soria pitched more than one inning in four of his 13 appearances this season and in 11 of his last 35 outings dating to last season. "Closers are a very special breed," Yost said. "Their focus is to get the last three outs. In a lot of other pitchers' minds, those last three outs are horrifying. Why? I don't know."