Seattle Mariners' Jean Segura connects for a two-run home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the fifth inning of a baseball game, in Seattle in May. The Mariners have agreed with shortstop Jean Segura on a new five-year contract that brings stability to what has been a position of flux for more than a decade.

SEATTLE — Jean Segura and the Mariners agreed Wednesday to a $70 million, five-year contract covering 2018-22, a deal that brings stability to a shortstop position in flux for more than a decade in Seattle.

Segura is making $6.2 million this year and would have been eligible for free agency following the 2018 season. The contract calls for a $3 million signing bonus, a $9 million salary next season and $14.25 million in each of the following four years. Seattle has a $17 million option for 2023 with a $1 million buyout. Segura gets a full-no trade provision.

Traded three times in five years, Segura said the long-term stability was important — bolstered by the no-trade clause.

“As a player, you choose where you feel comfortable, where you feel like it’s home for you,” he said. “It doesn’t matter how much money you’re going to take, it’s all about how you’re going to feel.”

General manager Jerry Dipoto, who traded Segura from the Angels to Milwaukee in a 2012 deal for pitcher Zack Greinke, said he understood the importance of the no-trade request.

“I feel like in this case, because of the amount of times that Jean has moved, I didn’t think it was an unreasonable ask because of how many times he’s been asked to move,” Dipoto said.

“And, the fact that he wants to be here and he wants to play for the Mariners, we’re buying a six-year stretch of Jean’s career that will span, including this year, his age 27 through potentially his age 33 season. It’s a good buy for the Mariners,” he added.

Segura was the centerpiece of one of Seattle’s biggest offseason moves when he was acquired from Arizona as part of a five-player trade. After leading the National League in hits last season, Segura has not disappointed in his move to the American League. Despite two stints on the disabled list, he was leading the AL in hitting with a .341 average.