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Marian Rivera's cut-fastball grip Watch a college All-American pitcher teach the cut fastball >> Mariano Rivera Cutter: The Mechanics of His Signature Pitch Sport Science: Mariano Rivera's Cutter How To Throw A Cutter - Cut Fastball Grip In this baseball training video, Steven Ellis shows you how to throw a cut fastball. The grip is like a two-seam fastball but with the index and middle fingers shifted toward the seam. When thrown by a RHP, the cutter will have late movement away from a right-handed hitter.  Visual Breakdown of the Rise, Dominance of  Mariano Rivera's Cutter Adam Wainwright threw a cutter 30% of the time in 2013 for the Cardinals. Wainright posted an amazing 6.29 SO/BB ratio in 30 games started. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Is there an ambidextrous pitcher who can throw a cutter? Switch Pitcher Henry Knight throws the cutter  – with both arms ...

Watch a video on how Mariano Rivera threw his cutter The closer Mariano Rivera has confounded hitters with mostly one pitch: his signature cutter. Is there an ambidextrous pitcher who can throw a cutter? Switch Pitcher Henry Knight throws the cutter  – with both arms How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters This is a 3-D enabled version of a graphic originally published in 2010. Mariano Rivera is one of the most dominant closers in history. But what may be most remarkable is that he has done it by confounding hitters with mostly one pitch, his signature cutter. Learn to Throw a Cutter like Marian Rivera >> Tyler Davis teaches the cutter  >> ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

In this baseball training video, Steven Ellis shows you how to throw a cut fastball. The grip is like a two-seam fastball but with the index and middle fingers shifted toward the seam. When thrown by a RHP, the cutter will have late movement away from a right-handed hitter.  How to throw a cutter - by Steven Ellis former Chicago Cubs pitching pro To throw a cutter or cut fastball, you will throw a fastball but get a slight amount of side spin that makes the ball move in or out a few inches. This gives you a pitch somewhere between  a fastball  and  a slider , and, thrown properly, that's how the pitch will move, like a very tight slider.   You do this by moving your fastball grip (usually the 4-seam fastball grip) slightly off-center. Some pitchers bring the thumb slightly up the inside of the ball and the index and middle fingers slightly toward the outside.    Switch pitcher Henry Knight throws a cutter to a lefty batter Th...

The Twins honor Mariano Rivera with a pregame ceremony, giving him the "Chair of Broken Dreams", a rocking chair made of broken bats.  Closer Mariano Rivera's nasty cutter has led to lots of broken bats over his 19 years. Mariano Rivera  Breaking  Bats  | FanGraphs Baseball Learn how to throw a cutter like Mariano Rivera >> .