SEATTLE — Catcher Andrew Knizner and the Seattle Mariners agreed Tuesday to a $1 million, one-year contract. The 30-year-old can earn $100,000 in performance bonuses for plate appearances, $50,000 each for 200 and 250

If that is, in fact, the case, it will also close the book on the Mitch Garver-era in Seattle. After recently trading projected backup Harry Ford, the speculation was that Garver could return on a modest deal to be Raleigh's backup once again.