LSU outfielder Daniel Cabrera (Aaron Fitt)

Team USA Notebook: Three Early Standouts

CARY, N.C. — When LSU outfielder Antoine Duplantis crashed into the wall and suffered a slight separation of his AC joint at the beginning of Team USA’s summer, the collegiate national team called upon its first alternate — who just happened to be another LSU outfielder.

Daniel Cabrera, a blue-chip recruit who turned in a standout spring to earn SEC All-Freshman honors, joined the national team on June 28 and went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs in his first game, leading Team USA to a 3-2 win against Chinese Taipei. He went on to lead the[…]