Samuel Basallo wasn’t in the lineup Friday. He had more important business to tend to earlier in the day. The 21-year-old top prospect and the Orioles finalized a long-term contract extension — the first of the Mike Elias era — in the afternoon.

The Baltimore Orioles recently signed catching prospect Samuel Basallo to a massive contract extension. What does this mean for Adley Rutschman?

But that never got the chance to happen. The Yankees signed Cole, and the Orioles wound up with Basallo. It could be a key component to the next decade of play in the American League East.