Jean Segura

Jean Carlos Enrique Segura (/dʒiːn sɛɡuːrə/ JEEN seh-GOO-ruh; born March 17, 1990) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder who is a free agent.

Segura batted .324/.392/.393 with 22 stolen bases and seven sacrifice hits (seventh in the league) in 219 at-bats, and was named a DSL postseason All-Star.

[4] He had a 22-game hitting streak with the Owlz, one short of the franchise record, and while playing for them was tied for 8th in the Pioneer League in triples (4), and 8th in batting average (.346).

[8] He was promoted to the Inland Empire 66ers of the Class A-Advanced California League in 2011,[2] but missed a significant portion of the season after suffering a torn left hamstring and only played in 44 games for the team, batting .281/.337/.422 with 18 stolen bases in 185 at-bats.

After playing in only one game for the Angels, he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers along with John Hellweg and Ariel Peña for Zack Greinke on July 27, 2012.

[12][13] The Brewers assigned him to the Huntsville Stars of the Class AA Southern League and promoted him on August 6 after he batted 13-for-30 in eight games with the club.

He won the Player of the Week Award on May 12 and finished the year hitting .294/.329/.423 with 10 triples and 44 stolen bases (each 2nd in the NL), 12 home runs, an 18.9 power–speed number (9th in the league), and 7.0 at bats per strikeout (10th-lowest) in 588 at-bats.

[20] On January 30, 2016, the Brewers traded Segura and Tyler Wagner to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Aaron Hill, Chase Anderson, Isan Diaz, and cash considerations.

[24] In 153 games in 2016, most of which he played at second base—for the first time in the majors—Segura batted .319 batting average (5th in the National League)/.368 (a career best)/.499, with an NL-leading 203 hits, 135 singles (2nd), a 24.9 power-speed # (4th), 41 doubles and 33 stolen bases (each, 5th), 102 runs (7th), 7 triples (8th), and 20 home runs, while on defense leading all NL players in assists with 428.

[16] On November 23, 2016, the Diamondbacks traded Segura, Zac Curtis, and Mitch Haniger to the Seattle Mariners for Taijuan Walker and Ketel Marte.

[29] In 2018, while batting .329 mid-season, he was named to the 2018 MLB All-Star Game, in which he hit a go-ahead 3-run home run off of Josh Hader in the 8th inning.

[31][32] He became one of only four MLB batters with a .300 or better batting average over the last three years, along with Jose Altuve, Freddie Freeman, and Mike Trout.

[33] On December 3, 2018, the Mariners traded Segura, Juan Nicasio, and James Pazos to the Philadelphia Phillies for Carlos Santana and J. P.

On June 1, 2022, Segura was placed on the injured list after suffering a fractured right index finger, an injury that came with a recovery timetable of 10–12 weeks.

[37] He was activated on August 4, and assumed the vacant shortstop role that was opened when Didi Gregorius was released.

[39] On November 7, 2022, the Phillies declined Segura's $17 million club option, making him a free agent for the first time in his career.

[46] He had a son from a previous relationship who died in 2014 aged nine months, which nearly caused Segura to quit baseball.

Segura batting in 2013
Segura with the Diamondbacks in 2016