How to Use cut fastball in a Sentence

cut fastball

noun
  • Manny Machado did the same to a cut fastball.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
  • Detroit’s Colt Keith led off the fifth by homering on an 0-2 cut fastball above the strike zone.
    — ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Curet threw a sinker that topped out at 98 mph in his final appearance of 2025, in addition to a cut fastball and a four-seamer.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The right-hander has looked entirely different than a year ago in his brief stint in the big leagues, now complementing an outstanding split-finger pitch with a sinker and cut fastball instead of a four-seamer.
    — David O'Brien, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Almost anyone who was at Petco Park four Octobers ago will remember the 488-foot shot Schwarber slammed off Yu Darvish’s cut fastball, as part of Philadelphia’s 2-0 win in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026

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