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Over the next few weeks as the NCAA Tournament and Spring Training dominate the month of March, we have combined the two for our own March Madness, which will determine who the readers of RealGM will select in the second edition of our 'Be The GM' series.

Though there are many different potential answers, the question is simple; If you were to start a MLB franchise from scratch and had the option to pick any player in the world, who would you pick?

Here are the two main factors I accounted for when deciding on the nominations from each team:

1. Is he a consistent MVP, Cy Young or All-Star caliber player?

2. Does he have a sizable amount of his prime remaining?

Voting for each match-up won't end until the given round is over, so feel free to check back on any of the previous polls via the links below.

March 1st

The contest is launched with an almost free-for-all of players that were not included from their respective teams, but deserve consideration nonetheless.

Josh Beckett, Boston Red Sox
Joba Chamberlain, New York Yankees
Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers
Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies
Jonathan Papelbon, Boston Red Sox
David Price, Tampa Bay Rays
Jose Reyes, New York Mets
CC Sabathia, New York Yankees
Stephen Strasburg, San Diego State
Mark Teixeira, New York Yankees
B.J. Upton, Tampa Bay Rays
Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies
David Wright, New York Mets

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article.

March 2nd
Detroit Tigers: Miguel Cabrera
Toronto Blue Jays: Travis Snider

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 3rd
Cleveland Indians: Grady Sizemore
Chicago White Sox: Carlos Quentin

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 4th
Kansas City Royals: Zack Greinke
Minnesota Twins: Joe Mauer

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 5th
Tampa Bay Rays: Evan Longoria
Baltimore Orioles: Matt Wieters

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 6th
Boston Red Sox: Dustin Pedroia
New York Yankees: Alex Rodriguez

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 7th
Texas Rangers: Josh Hamilton
Seattle Mariners: Felix Hernandez

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 8th
Oakland Athletics: Matt Holliday
Los Angeles Angels: Ervin Santana

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 9th
New York Mets: Johan Santana
Philadelphia Phillies: Cole Hamels

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 10th
Atlanta Braves: Brian McCann
Florida Marlins: Hanley Ramirez

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 11th
Washington Nationals: Ryan Zimmerman
Pittsburgh Pirates: Pedro Alvarez

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 12th
Chicago Cubs: Geovany Soto
St. Louis Cardinals: Albert Pujols

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 13th
Cincinnati Reds: Jay Bruce
Milwaukee Brewers: Ryan Braun

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 14th
Houston Astros: Roy Oswalt
San Diego Padres: Jake Peavy

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 16th
Colorado Rockies: Troy Tulowitzki
Arizona Diamondbacks: Brandon Webb

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 17th
San Francisco Giants: Tim Lincecum
Los Angeles Dodgers: Chad Billingsley

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

Sweet 16

March 18th
David Wright vs. Miguel Cabrera

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 19th
Grady Sizemore vs. Joe Mauer

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 20th
Josh Hamilton vs. Matt Holliday

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 21st
Evan Longoria vs. Alex Rodriguez

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 23rd
Johan Santana vs. Hanley Ramirez

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March 24th
Ryan Zimmerman vs. Albert Pujols

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 25th
Ryan Braun vs. Jake Peavy

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 26th
Brandon Webb vs. Tim Lincecum

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Elite Eight

March 27th
David Wright vs. Grady Sizemore

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 28th
Josh Hamilton vs. Evan Longoria

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 30
Hanley Ramirez vs. Albert Pujols

Click here to cast your vote and here to read the accompanying article

March 31st
Ryan Braun vs. Tim Lincecum

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Final Four

April 2nd
AL Finals

April 3rd
NL Finals

Final Round

April 5th
AL Finalist vs. NL Finalist
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