The Orioles officially announced s at a pre s conference yesterday, with several players in attendance along with Basallo, GM Mike Elias, and team chairman/CEO David Rubenstein. Among the many topics addre sed was Rubensteins desire to make such events a fairly regular occurrence, as the owner showed interest in extending more members of the Orioles young core. The Orioles ownership Brad Daugherty Jersey group is really well capitalized and we have the resources to do these kind of deals , Rubenstein told and other reporters. It takes two to do deals, but we thought this was a perfect one, for the first one of this type.We have a lot of other talented people on the team who we hope will ultimately want to spend their entire career here or want to spend long-term arrangements with us. Were committed to doing more of these as soon as we can . Basallos deal represents an intriguing turning point for an organization that more or le s eschewed long-term extensions for years under previous owner Peter Angelos. As MLBTRs Contract Tracker , six-year extension from May 2012 was the last long-term extension signed by the Orioles. Other multi-year deals within the last 13 years were short-term pacts to cover arbitration years, plus there was the unusual circumstance of the three-year extension signed by just a few weeks before he was set to hit free agency in the 2014-15 offseason. Even as the Orioles ama sed a wealth of young talent in their recent rebuild, extensions didnt follow. This naturally couldve been a product of the ownership turmoil the organization was going through for much of that period, and Rubensteins group only bought the team in early 2024. It should also be noted that such Os building blocks as , ,and are all represented by Scott Boras, whose clients have traditionally pa sed on signing early-career extensions. Still, it was noteworthy that the Orioles didnt lock up even any of the non-Boras clients until Basallo (who is repped by CAA) this week. The fact that the Os didnt spend much overall during the first full offseason of Rubensteins tenure also created concern amongst Baltimore fans that things werent going to change under the new regime, and the discontent only grew when the Orioles stumbled to a losing record after two seasons in the playoffs. Management can now point to Basallos extension as proof that the club is willing to both keep its cornerstone players in place, and to spend the money nece sary to make those deals happen. The catchers deal is also an example of how quickly contract talks can escalate, as Elias said negotiations began exactly a week ago, on the same day Basallo was called up from Triple-A to make his MLB debut. Could more extensions be coming soon? Henderson didnt comment on whether or not his camp had already had any talks with the Os, but expre sed a willingne s to consider any offer and stated that the No. 1 thing for me is being on winning teams . Hendersons price tag is about to jump considerably, as the shortstop will enter the first of three arbitration years this coming offseason. His pro career has already seen Henderson bank a little over $8MM, counting his MLB minimum salaries, his $2.3MM signing bonus from the draft, and roughly $3.4MM from the pre-arbitration bonus pool. Between this bit of financial security already and escalating arb salaries, Henderson may have already made enough to feel comfortable in betting on himself all the way to free agency, like so many Boras clients. While the three years of remaining control mean that the Orioles arent exactly under the gun to extend Henderson, hell only get more expensive the closer he gets to the open market. also declined to comment on any extension talks between his reps at Wa serman and the Orioles, simply telling and other reporters today that he was happy to see Basallo rewarded. The fact that the Os made such a hefty commitment to a young catcher like Basallo naturally led to speculation about Rutschmans future, and whether or not Basallo has now supplanted Rutschman as the teams long-term choice behind the plate. As one might expect, right now the Orioles believe theres plenty of room for Rutschman and Basallo to operate in tandem. Yesterday, interim manager Tony Mansolino told reporters (including ) that the Os could have both players in the lineup in a catcher/DH capacity, or Basallo could play first base. The fact that Sammy is so versatile, thats going to help that a lotAny time you have two guys that can catch at a high level, on a big league team, you have a ma sive advantage over teams that dont , Mansolino noted. Rutschman has two arbitration years remaining before he is scheduled to hit free agency following the 2027 season. As Weyrich notes, extending a player who has had some Major League succe s is much trickier than extending a player like Basallo right at the start of his career, so locking up Rutschman would represent another spending frontier for the Rubenstein ownership group. Theres also the question of whether or not the Orioles still view Rutschman as worthy of a long-term investment, considering how his numbers have declined at the plate over the last two seasons. Marques Bolden Jersey