Haniger's deal isn't so bad from a total dollars standpoint, but it certainly hasn't worked out through two of the three years.

Of course, the early discourse was without the knowledge of the Mariners being financially limited in payroll budget. So while they were approached by almost every team in MLB about their willingness to trade any of the five members of their projected rotation,

The current market for catchers has played out in a way that could make it easier for the Seattle Mariners to move Mitch Garver in a trade.