The Saints three-day mandatory minicamp begins today and as long as the rain holds off, they will be open to the public at the team’s training facility in Metairie starting at 11 AM. First round pick Marcus Davenport is expected to be on the field, even though he’ll reportedly undergo thumb surgery once the mini-camp concludes. Running back Mark Ingram is also expected on the field. He’s been away from the team as he enters the final year of his contract and also faces a four-game suspension for violating the league’s policy against performance enhancing drugs.

Rivals-dot-com now ranks Dunham’s Derek Stingley as its top player of the 2019 recruiting class. The Baton Rouge product will announce his school of choice on June 20th. LSU is considered one of the favorites.

LSU outfielder Daniel Cabrera has been named a Freshman All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Collegiate Baseball Magazine also had Cabrera on their freshman All-American squad. The Baton Rouge product hit .315, with eight home runs and 54 RBIs.

LSU recruit Levi Kelly has signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Coach Paul Mainieri predicted the right-hander from Florida would sign after he was selected in the eighth round last week.

The field is set for the College World Series as Texas Tech, Arkansas, Texas and defending champion Florida all punched their tickets for Omaha yesterday. The Gators did it in dramatic fashion as Austin Langworthy hit a walk-off home run in the 11th inning. The ball hit the glove of Auburn right fielder Steven Williams before it went over the wall. It gave the Gators a three to two victory and a SEC record fourth straight trip to the C-W-S.

Arkansas had an easier time of it yesterday as the Razorbacks routed South Carolina 14-4 as Eric Cole had three hits, including a home run and scored five times as Arkansas will visit Omaha for the first time since 2015.

Also yesterday, Texas Tech topped Duke six to two and Kody Clemens hit another home run as Texas beat Tennessee Tech five to two.