cutter Stories - Beyond the Box Score
Every Pitcher Should Throw a Cutter
Well, at least it seems that way, given all the anecdotal evidence I've seen over the past year. Brian Bannister went from ineffective stat-head starter to league-average pitcher by adding a cutter (which he's throwing over 50% of the time). Ryan Franklin ditched his slider in favor of a cutter,...
Mariano's Gonna Cut You, Everybody Knows It, And Nobody Can Do Anything About It
Any way I can make that title any longer? As a fan of statistics, one thing that always interests me is an anomaly. As a fan of sabermetrics, one thing that interests me is questioning commonly held baseball beliefs, such as the need for pitchers to mix their pitches. Mariano Rivera's 2008 was a...
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