cut fastball

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İngilizce - İngilizce
A pitch thrown with an offset grip and a moderate amount of added pressure by middle finger yielding a combination of backspin and some sidespin, resulting in motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher with velocity only slightly diminished from that of a fastball

His cut fastball tends to break bats.

A fastball released with most pressure from the tip of the middle finger so that it breaks slightly in the manner of a curve ball as it approaches the plate

İlgili Terimler

cut fastballs
plural form of split-finger fastball
A cut fastball
cutter
cut fastball