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Mariners pitchers, catchers take field for spring training

Seattle Mariners pitchers and catchers took the field for their first workout of the 2017 season on Wednesday after reporting to spring training in Peoria, Arizona, a day earlier.

Players like starting pitchers Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma, closer Edwin Diaz and catcher Mike Zunino were among those running drills at the Peoria Sports Complex on a sunny Arizona afternoon with temperatures in the mid-70s.

Hernandez told reporters he came in at 224 pounds this season, 17 pounds heavier than he did ahead of an injury-marred 2016 campaign, after a winter working out with trainer "Iron" Glenn Freeman, who previously worked with Hernandez's M's teammates Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz.