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Can someone please explain why clubs fixate on enhancing pitchers’ fastball velocities and hitters’ exit velocities but fail to properly instruct players on running the bases and hitting the cutoff man?
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
His cutoff man, Volpe, immediately ran to line up a throw to third, though.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
Roman Anthony drove in a run with a single, then advanced to second base when Jung Hoo Lee overthrew the cutoff man.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 21 June 2025
Errors only account for the most glaring defensive mistakes and less obvious miscues like missing the cutoff man or throwing to the wrong base don’t show up in the box score but can be just as impactful within a game.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
His cutoff man, Volpe, immediately ran to line up a throw to third, though.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
Roman Anthony drove in a run with a single, then advanced to second base when Jung Hoo Lee overthrew the cutoff man.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 21 June 2025
Errors only account for the most glaring defensive mistakes and less obvious miscues like missing the cutoff man or throwing to the wrong base don’t show up in the box score but can be just as impactful within a game.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025
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“Cutoff man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutoff%20man. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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