June 9, 2016 could end up a watershed day for the Oakland Athletics. It’s the day Rich Hill got placed on the Disabled List. It’s the day Oakland traded Chris Coghlan to the Chicago Cubs for Arismendy Alcantara.
It’s the day the A’s took A.J. Puk sixth overall in the MLB draft.
It’s the day the organization committed itself down a path that would invest $21,531,300 towards signing 33 draft picks and 12 international free agents; a fiscal investment in amateur talent that would far exceed anything the franchise had ever done before.