Players find out about the draft their own separate ways...

If you think it's pretty cut-and-dry how college baseball players know if they've been picked in the MLB First Year Players Draft, you'd be mistaken.

While some may sit in front of a computer screen all day, that's far from how Paul Goldschmidt, Ben Theriot and Kane Holbrooks found out.

Goldschmidt had watched the first three rounds of the draft Tuesday afternoon, but didn't want to watch any more the next day. He locked himself in his room and heard his father's booming voice saying, "Paul, you just got drafted to the Arizona Diamondbacks."

Two minutes later, Goldschmidt was talking with the regional scout from Arizona, congratulating and welcoming him to the organization.

Theriot, like Goldschmidt watched the first three rounds, but couldn't take it any longer. He left his place in San Marcos Wednesday afternoon to drive back to Houston to be with his family. Theriot was an exit away from home on I-10 when his father informed him he had been picked by the Kansas City Royals.

Holbrooks didn't even know he would be drafted. He knew Goldschmidt and Theriot were picked, but wasn't sure of his own selection.

Holbrooks was getting ready for a fishing trip when he got a call from an unknown number. He said he thought, "It was one of those numbers when they offer you a free vacation. I get plenty of those calls."

It's a good thing Holbrooks answered, since it was the Minnesota Twins, offering him a little bit more money than a vacation would be worth.

Holbrooks will sign with the Twins, but Goldschmidt and Theriot are still undecided.