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Oakland A's clinch top 10 protected 2016 draft pick

Six games left, and there's quite a lot at stake for the Athletics and the six National League teams surrounding them at the bottom of the standings.

I think this actually happened on Saturday, but the Oakland Athletics clinched a top 10 protected draft pick for 2016. Oakland can finish with no more than 71 wins, and 20 teams have crossed that threshold.

This means that if the A's elect to sign a free agent who receives and rejects a qualifying offer from his previous team, Oakland would lose their second pick in the draft, currently their competitive balance pick in between the first and second round.