back*door cut*ter
What Is The Definition Of Backdoor Cutter In Baseball?
1. A backdoor cutter is a type of pitch where the ball begins outside the strike zone and crosses in over the outside corner of the plate just before it reaches the catcher. Many batters miss a well-executed backdoor cutter due to the pitch appearing to be in a position to be called as a ball by the umpire for most of its line of travel toward home plate.
Because of the way that pitch travels from the mound to the plate, a backdoor cutter is only used on an opposite-handed hitter, meaning when a right-handed pitcher faces a left-handed batter (or vice versa).
Examples Of How Backdoor Cutter Is Used In Commentary
1. Verlander’s backdoor cutter was executed perfectly on every left-handed player for the Rangers. Each time, the batter didn’t see the last-second cut over the plate until it was too late.
Sport The Term Is Used:
1. Baseball
Also Known As:
1. Backdoor slider
2. Ball-to-strike pitch