Segura (ankle) agreed Wednesday with the Mariners on a five-year, $70 million contract extension, Jon Heyman of FanRagSports.com reports.
The Mariners dealt away two prized young assets in pitcher Taijuan Walker and infielder Ketel Marte to the Diamondbacks in the offseason in order to upgrade the shortstop spot with the addition of Segura, and he's certainly proven that his career-best 2016 campaign wasn't a fluke. He was slashing .341/.391/.462 with seven stolen bases across 197 plate appearances before suffering a high-ankle sprain earlier this month that could keep him sidelined until the end of June. With the confidence that the ankle issue won't be anything that dampens Segura's long-term outlook, the Mariners elected to lock in the 27-year-old through the 2022 season, buying out his final year of arbitration in the process.