Not only the Draft Preview show on March 21 but also five days a week at 5pm on MLB Network!

MLB NETWORK & MLB.COM TO PARTNER ON FANTASY PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE 2010 REGULAR SEASON

MLB.com Fantasy 411 Draft Preview to Air March 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET

MLB.com’s Fantasy 411 to Air Daily on MLB Network and MLB.com Starting April 6

March 15, 2010, New York & Secaucus – With 2010 fantasy baseball drafts underway, MLB Network today announced it will air the MLB.com Fantasy 411 Draft Preview on Sunday, March 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Hosted by MLB Network’s Greg Amsinger and Harold Reynolds along with MLB.com’s Cory Schwartz and Mike Siano, the two-hour show will provide detailed analysis and insight on the topics fantasy baseball enthusiasts will be focusing on as fantasy draft days continue before Opening Day, including:

· Position-by-position analysis and player rankings

· Discussion of strategy for draft day and in-season transactions

· “Breakout, bargain and bust” picks for the 2010 season

· Top picks for prospects expected to be called up during the 2010 season

Continuing with the fantasy programming, throughout the 2010 regular season MLB Network will simulcast MLB.com’s Fantasy 411, the site’s longest-running hosted program, on weekdays at 5:00 p.m. ET, beginning Tuesday, April 6. The program, hosted by MLB.com’s Jeremy Brisiel, will provide key insights from analysts Schwartz and Siano to help further fans’ enjoyment and knowledge in their respective fantasy leagues.

Schwartz, the Director of Stats for MLB.com and a regular contributor to MLB.com’s fantasy baseball section, has been competing in fantasy baseball since 1989, including expert competitions such as the National Fantasy Baseball Championship (NFBC) and Tout Wars. Siano, the Director of Multimedia Production for MLB.com, has been competing in fantasy baseball for more than 10 years, including the highly-competitive Tout Wars league. The MLB.com Fantasy 411 can be found on its blog at http://fantasy411.mlblogs.com and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/fantasy411.

Monday’s are also my CAA weekly for Rush The Court. I think if you had to look at all four 4-1 teams, I’d put them in the order of Old Dominion, Northeastern, William & Mary and George Mason. Mason is really young and they need to win on the road (lost last two road games by 20+). I got to watch both Hofstra @ Old Dominion and UNC Wilmington @ George Mason. First impressions? Hofstra could not get to the basket in their offense but that might have more to do with Old Dominon’s defense. UNC Wilmington had a lot of good plays but they just turned the ball over every chance they got. Mason is a good team but they are extremely young and will have a great shot at the conference tournament in March.

First was the Pirates trading Jesse Chavez to the Rays for Akinori Iwamura. For the Pirates I thought this was important:

• It probably means Delwyn Young will be pushed back into the outfield mix.
• Brandon Moss is not a part of the future as a starter.
• Their commitment to Andy LaRoche will waver as long as Pedro Alvarez can give them confidence in him next year.

Then was the White Sox and Royals mysterious trade of Chris Getz and Josh Fields for Mark Teahen. This is a weird trade and I don’t buy it:

… the White Sox skew very old as it is. If this team stays in tact as is or close to it, I think we’re looking at a team similar to the Giants for part of this decade: old players, very slow runners (minus maybe one or two players) and ok pitching. That might win the Central but I wouldn’t bank on it.