OAKLAND -- Cal pitcher Daulton Jefferies couldn't conjure a better landing spot than the A's. The second pick in the draft for Oakland and the 37th overall, Jefferies signed a contract Tuesday, one of 24 signings announced by the club.
For Jefferies, the Coliseum is a two-hour drive from his home in Merced. So is the Stockton Ports home in the Class-A California League. Jefferies, 21, is from Atwater and figures to land in Stockton. For now, though, he leaves Thursday for Mesa, Ariz., and the A's minor league facility. He'll continue to do rehabbing from the shoulder injury that cost him eight weeks of the Golden Bears' season.