Greg Wilborn grew tired of waiting as the second day of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player draft took place Wednesday, so the New Mexico native walked away from the computer in his parent's Albuquerque home.

A short time after the left-handed pitcher from UL got some distance he finally got an answer.

At approximately 12:40 p.m. in the Mountain time zone, Los Angeles Dodgers scout Matt Paul sent Wilborn a text message with a question: What would you do if the Dodgers drafted you?

Wilborn texted back: "We'll talk about it."

About five minutes later, Paul called as the Dodgers selected Wilborn in the 18th round of the draft with the 547th overall pick. Now both sides have until Aug. 17 to reach contract terms, although Wilborn wants to have a final answer much sooner than that.

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Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • June 11, 2009