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Scott Servais increasingly optimistic Hisashi Iwakuma will help the Mariners in 2018

Scott Servais isn’t sure when exactly it will happen.

But with each passing day he is more convinced than ever that Hisashi Iwakuma will play a significant role for the Seattle Mariners at some point in the 2018 season.

“Very well,’’ Servais said Wednesday when asked about Iwakuma’s progress from a shoulder injury that ended last season and left him resigned to signing a minor league deal with the Mariners in November.

“I’m actually very excited about where he’s at. He’s going to help up this year. I keep saying it. We will need him. And I feel good about his chances of stepping up and helping us at some point.