Odúbel Herrera is a Venezuelans professional MLB player who plays in the Major League Baseball(MLB). As of 2019, Odúbel Herrera currently plays for the Philadelphia Phillies as their center fielder since 2015.
The twenty-seven years old, Odúbel Herrera reportedly earns around $6,100,000 as his yearly salary from Philadelphia Phillies. Further, Odúbel Herrera has an estimated net worth of over $5 million.
Odúbel Herrera has an estimated net worth of over $5 million, as of 2019, mostly earned through his NBA career.
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The highest-paid player of the Phillies is Jake Arrieta with an annual average salary of around $25 million.
Herrera reportedly signed a five-year contract worth $30,500,000 with Philadelphia Phillies. Further, the MLB player has an average salary of $6,100,000 annually with a guaranteed sum of around $30,500,000.
Estimated career earnings and salary of Odubel Herrera is listed below:
YEAR | TEAM | SALARY |
2008 | Texas Rangers | $160,000 |
2015 | Philadelphia Phillies | $507,500 |
2016 | Philadelphia Phillies | $528,000 |
2017 | Philadelphia Phillies | $3,000,000 |
2018 | Philadelphia Phillies | $3,000,000 |
2019 | Philadelphia Phillies | $5,000,000 |
2020 | Philadelphia Phillies | $7,000,000 |
2021 | Philadelphia Phillies | $10,000,000 |
2022 | Philadelphia Phillies | $2,500,000 |
The contract includes signing bonus of$1,750,000. Kept aside Odúbel Herrera financial earnings, his personal assets includes home and cars.
Further, the MLB Player Odúbel Herrera earns a good amount of money from various sponsorships.
Information regarding the affair/relationship of Odubel is not available. Odubel is a career-focused man and he always stays away from rumors and controversies. Moreover, there is no news about him getting married or engaged and also about his wife/girlfriend.
Herrera always keeps his personal life low-profile since he never posts about his personal life on his social accounts.
The famous MLB star has a height of 5 feet and a weight of about 91 kg lbs. Not only is Odúbel Herrera a world-class athlete, but he is also a very attractive person.
His nickname is El Torito, The Little Bull which was given to him by his father when he was very young. His father also picked his son’s middle name — David — in honor of the great Venezuelan shortstop David Concepcion.
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Odúbel Herrera was born on December 29, 1991, in Zulia, Venezuela to father Odubel Sr. and mother Nerida. His father Odubel Herrera Sr. is a farmer by trade. He grows guava and passion fruits in San Jose, a town in eastern Venezuela but was once a baseball player in the local league. As per his nationality, he is Venezuelans and belongs to the Mixed ethnic group.
— odubel herrera (@odubelherrera1) December 1, 2014
The detailed information about the parents, siblings, educational qualifications of Odubel is not available on media.
Herrera was known to be "strong and powerful when he was a child." His father, therefore, named him "El Torito"– Spanish for "the little bull".
Odubel started his professional career in 2008 after signing with Texas as the international free agent and played in the Dominican Summer League. Later he was selected in the 2014 Rule 5 draft by the Philadelphia and made his Major League debut in 2015.
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Odubel became the fastest player in the history of Phillies to achieve 500 career hits since 2007 on 7 May 2018. During his 476th career game, he recorded his 500th hit.
Currently, he is playing with the Philadelphia Phillies as their center fielder.