Fansided · Jan 29
What is MLB Network’s Shredder and why does it hate Jacob deGrom?
Minnesota Twins v Texas Rangers | Gunnar Word/Texas Rangers/GettyImagesRecently, baseball fans are engrossed in MLB Network Top 10 Right Now position rankings ahead of the start of the 2026 season as they make their way onto social media feeds and repeated by every baseball reporting outlet.
"The Shredder," a statistical model that decides these lists often arbitrary and sometimes bizarre that, for whatever reason, don't seem to favor Jacob deGrom after his incredible bounce back season.
deGrom being omitted from the model's top ten starting pitchers in baseball was enough for us to take a deeper dive into what Shredder is, and why it hates the Jacob deGrom so much.