cut fastball

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cut fastball

noun cut fastballs

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.
Similar: cutter

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@misc{cut_fastball_2026,
  title = {cut fastball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cut%20fastball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}