Each year during the darkest depths of the off-season, MLB Network runs a series called Top Ten Right Now, where they rank the top ten players at each position heading into the coming season. No deceptive titling here. While the show hosts - this year it's Brian Kenny and Billy Ripken - give their opinions and their own lists, the main apparatus used is a secret algorithm named "The Shredder." Here's MLB Network's description of what exactly that means:
"The Shredder" uses an objective methodology to rank players at each position based on their past track records as well as their future projection.