We?ve done one for the NFL and NBA, so now it is time for RealGM to find out which player in Major League Baseball you would most want to build a franchise around. Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts and Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors won their sports and the competition (defeating Reggie Bush and Kobe Bryant respectively) will be just as tough for the 32 nominated players of the MLB. We've narrowed the field down from 32 to 16. Who will be part of the Elite Eight? 1st Round Results Alex Rodriguez defeats Daisuke Matsuzaka (65%) Vernon Wells defeats Miguel Tejada (80%) Carl Crawford defeats Grady Sizemore (52%) Johan Santana defeats Paul Konerko (96%) Justin Verlander defeats Luke (87%) Vladimir Guerrero defeats Rich Harden (75%) Mark Teixeira defeats Felix Hernandez (54%) Miguel Cabrera defeats Andruw Jones (74%) Ryan Howard defeats David Wright (55%) Jason Bay defeats Ryan Zimmerman (70%) Albert Pujols defeats Alfonso Soriano (89%) Ben Sheets defeats Adam Dunn (68%) Roy Oswalt defeats Jake Peavy (72%) Matt Holliday defeats Stephen Drew (73%) Matt Cain defeats Chad Billingsley (65%) Jose Reyes defeats Derek Jeter (51%) 2nd Round Match-Ups Jan. 29th: Alex Rodriguez versus Vernon Wells Jan. 30th: Carl Crawford versus Johan Santana Jan. 31st: Justin Verlander versus Vladimir Guerrero Feb. 1st: Jose Reyes versus Mark Teixiera Feb. 5th: Ryan Howard versus Miguel Cabrera Feb. 6th: Jason Bay versus Albert Pujols Feb. 7th: Ben Sheets versus Roy Oswalt Feb. 8th: Matt Cain versus Matt Holliday