Same old Vogey: First baseman Dan Vogelbach says he’s relaxed after putting extra pressure on himself

First baseman Dan Vogelbach struggled at the plate last season but says he has returned to his outgoing, relaxed personality. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times)Vogelbach was anything but the outgoing personality he was with the Cubs, bouncing back and forth between the Mariners and Class AAA Tacoma. The Mariners hope Vogelbach’s rediscovered effervescence translates into productivity, because the first-base battle is suddenly wide open.

PEORIA, Ariz. — Try finding pictures of Dan Vogelbach smiling last spring. His pearly whites didn’t get much exposure to the Arizona sun.

Pressure consumed his mornings, frustration his afternoons — the bubbly first baseman everyone had heard about was…