cutoff man

noun

: a player in baseball who relays a ball from an outfielder to the infield

Examples of cutoff man in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Right fielder Jake Fraley threw the ball to second on the double to right by Michael Harris II, and cutoff man Matt McLain was moving from his spot to take a throw from the outfield as the cutoff man toward home but had to move when the throw took him toward second. —C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 12 May 2025

Instead of rounding second, Naylor stutter-stepped to look back at Taylor, who had the ball in plenty of time and hit the cutoff man with precision. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025

Rojas scored only because the cutoff man hesitated once Rojas stopped, already past the stop sign, and the whole play will not be preserved on video for future generations. —Matt Gelb, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025

The Astros can mitigate the issue by positioning their cutoff men deeper in the outfield, but Altuve still has to be quick in initiating the relay. —Chandler Rome, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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