barfield-jeremy.jpgThe A’s aren’t waiting around to get their contract signing taken care of; ten players have dropped their John Hancock’s on a contract thus far, and more pour in every day.

Those signed so far (with their first draft nicknames for the season):

8th round: OF Jeremy Barfield [seen right]
9th round: C Mitchell ‘Two-Beer’ LeVier
14th round: OF David ‘Whopper’ Thomas
20th round: 3B Rodney Rutherford
21st round: RHP Mathieu ‘Joey’ Leblanc-Poirier
25th round: LHP Trey Barham
26th round: RHP Ryan ‘Little Doc’ Doolittle
30th round: 2B Kevin Jernigan
31st round: RHP Mickey ‘Bedtime’ Storey
33rd round: RHP Shawn Haviland

We at Notes From The Nat have also been told that 2nd round pick Tyson Ross is a lock to sign.

All of the above (with the exception possibly of Tyson Ross) are very likely to be part of this season’s Vancouver Canadians lineup.