PHILADELPHIA -- Odubel Herrera traded future money for guaranteed dollars.Philadelphia and Herrera agreed to a $30.5 million, five-year contract on Thursday, keeping the NL All-Star center fielder under the Phillies control through 2023. Herrera has been the most consistent player on a rebuilding team the past two seasons.Herrera hit .286 with 15 homers, 87 runs and 25 stolen bases this year. He led the Phillies in batting average (.291), OPS (.773), hits (314), runs (151), doubles (51) and stolen bases (41) in 2015-16.Herrera receives a $1.75 million signing bonus payable by Dec. 31 and $1.25 million next season, the last before he would have been eligible for salary arbitration.He will make $3 million in 2018, $5 million in 2019, $7 million in 2020 and $10 million in 2021 -- when he would have been eligible for free agency. The Phillies have an $11.5 million option for 2022 with a $2.5 million buyout. If that is exercised, the team would have a $12.5 million option for 2023 with a $1 million buyout.Herrera was obtained from Texas when he was left unprotected in the 2014 winter-meeting draft.He played mostly second base and shortstop in the minors before the Phillies moved him to the outfield. Herrera has started 268 games in center field and was a finalist for a Gold Glove this season.Philadelphia has have several outfield prospects, including Roman Quinn, Nick Williams, Dylan Cozens and Aaron Altherr.The move gives Philadelphia stability at an important position, but also makes Herrera an attractive trade chip if other prospects progress.---AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum contributed to this report. Cheap Wholesale Air Max Shoes .H. -- Matt Kenseth made it 2 for 2 in the Chase, holding off teammate Kyle Busch to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Air Max Sale Cheap . 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This group has made history the last couple years and we still have a chance to do it.If we finish over .500, it will be the fourth consecutive year that weve had a winning record and thats only been done one other time in this organization.So we need to do everything we can do to achieve that because we feel next year, getting Moose (Mike Moustakas) back, getting (Lorenzo) Cain back, getting some big pieces back in our lineup, that were going to have an opportunity to be the first club in the history of the Royals to go five winning seasons.Its been a struggle here for us lately, but thats a huge goal for us.Detroit, which finished last in the American League Central a year ago after four straight division titles, is unlikely to overtake first-place Cleveland but expects to be in the thick of the battle for one of the two wild-card spots. 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