It wasn't all bad news for the Arizona Wildcats on Tuesday.
Despite being eliminated from the NCAA Tournament, the Wildcats had several players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.
Through 14 rounds of the 50-round draft, Arizona had five players selected: RHP Kyle Simon, LHP Bryce Bandilla, 1B Cole Frenzel, SS Andy Burns and LHP Matt Chafee.
Simon was the first Wildcat taken. The junior was selected No. 125 overall by the Baltimore Orioles after going 11-3 with a 2.73 ERA in 18 starts for Arizona this season.
He hurled five complete games and had 86 strikeouts in 128 2/3 innings.
Simon was selected minutes before his team's NCAA Tournament game against Texas A&M, which started at 10:30 a.m.
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Bandilla, a left-handed pitcher from Sacramento, Calif., was the next off the board. The San Francisco Giants picked Bandilla at No. 147.
The junior appeared in 31 games for the Wildcats and posted a 3.47 ERA and a 5-3 record. He had 48 strikeouts in 46 2/3 innings.
Frenzel was picked in the seventh round by the New York Mets. A draft-eligible sophomore, the first baseman, hit .353 with 16 doubles and 48 RBIs.
Burns, a transfer from Kentucky, went in the 11th round to the Toronto Blue Jays. The infielder had to sit out the 2011 season for the Wildcats after transfering from Kentucky.
Chafee went one round after Burns in the 12th. He was selected No.386 overall by the Atlanta Braves.
Tayler Scott, a UA commit from Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, was selected in the 5th round by the Chicago Cubs. He went No. 159 overall.
