How to Use cutoff man in a Sentence

cutoff man

noun
  • Harper would have been out by at least 30 feet had the cutoff man not fired home.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • Nobody practices hitting the cutoff man, and so forth and so on.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Slater has missed the cutoff man or thrown to the wrong base several times this season.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Verdugo’s short throw to the cutoff man was on target, albeit on a bounce.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Right fielder Pavin Smith air-mailed both his cutoff man and home plate.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Right fielder Adam Jones missed a cutoff man on an errant throw.
    — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 29 June 2019
  • Marte lobbed the ball to the cutoff man to keep Fry at first instead trying to get the runner at home.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 May 2024
  • Aaron Judge overthrew the cutoff man, and the Rays never trailed for the fifth straight game.
    — Ronald Blum, courant.com, 31 May 2021
  • In baseball, making a good read on a fly ball or hitting the cutoff man can make a difference.
    — Steve Reaven, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
  • By now Duran should know what base to throw to and the importance of hitting the cutoff man.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Garcia held up, but the ball sailed over the cutoff man’s head and bounced through third baseman Turner’s legs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Hunter Renfroe has been unable to throw in from right field without hitting a cutoff man for about a week.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The ball bounced past cutoff man Zach McKinstry and hopped again toward the plate.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Don Money then scored Oglivie to tie the game when Lowenstein missed the cutoff man.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Chavis scored from second base on a flyout to right field in the ninth inning when Aquino's throw bounced past the cutoff man.
    — The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The fundamentally sound play would have been to hit the cutoff man and keep the double play in order.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Jackson didn't even attempt to hit the cutoff man and got the throw to catcher Bob Boone on the fly.
    — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 5 June 2018
  • Spencer Steer took an extra base on a double down the left field line, moving up on an errant throw to the cutoff man.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2023
  • With no runner behind Garcia, Betts didn’t have to worry about the cutoff man.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • With anyone else running home, the cutoff man is probably thinking about Harper at third.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • Rushing advanced to third, but left fielder Clark Elliott hit the cutoff man, who threw to second.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2022
  • And then Brandon Crawford scales the wall of the stadium, swims out into the bay and hits the cutoff man back ashore.
    — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • But sometimes the better play is to assess the situation and hit the cutoff man instead of throwing a fastball to the plate.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2021
  • Phillips' throw to the cutoff man traveled high, bouncing off leaping shortstop Taylor Walls' glove.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2021
  • There were no outs, and the center fielder hit the cutoff man, who then hit the catcher at the plate right as Lindor came sliding into him.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In left field, Fraley tried to start a relay to catch a baserunner at home plate, and his throw sailed high over the heads of the cutoff man and the backup cutoff man.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 13 May 2023
  • Melendez hit the cutoff man, Bo Bichette, right as Bleday rounded third, but the shortstop’s throw was wild.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
  • Taylor grabbed the ball, threw a perfect strike to cutoff man Max Muncy, and halfway to home, Arozarena stumbled, and fell.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2020
  • But Christian Arroyo, the first baseman, was late setting up Verdugo with a target as the cutoff man.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The importance of hitting the cutoff man - and, perhaps, Puig's refusal to do so - is largely overstated.
    — Ted Berg, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2017

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