Complete Definition of "cut fastball"

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Noun
cut fastball (plural: cut fastball)

#baseball 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.

See also
curveball
fastball
slider
two-seam fastball
split-finger fastball
sinker
screwball
knuckleball

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