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When the cut fastball is pitched skillfully at speed, particularly against the opposite hand batter (that is, a right-handed pitcher facing a left-handed hitter), the pitch can crack and split a hitter's bat, hence the pitch's occasional nickname of "the buzzsaw". Batter [[Ryan Klesko]], then of the [[Atlanta Braves]], broke three bats in a single plate appearance during the [[1999 World Series]] while facing Rivera. To deal with this problem a few [[switch hitter]]s batted right-handed against the right-handed Rivera—that is, on the "wrong" side, as switch hitters generally bat from the same side of the plate as the pitcher's glove hand.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/23/sports/baseball/23YANK.html|title=For Yankees and Rivera, It's Case Closed|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Kepner, Tyler|date=2004-03-23|access-date=2007-07-25}}</ref>
In {{mlby|2011}}, [[Dan Haren]] led all major league starting pitchers with nearly 48% of his pitches classified by PITCHf/x as cutters. [[Roy Halladay]] was close behind at 45%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=y&type=4&season=2011&month=0&season1=2011&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=7,d |title=Pitch Type Statistics (2011) | publisher=[[Fangraphs]]|access-date=15 August 2013}}</ref> Other pitchers who rely (or relied) heavily on a cut fastball include [[Jon Lester]], [[James Shields (baseball)|James Shields]], [[Josh Tomlin]], [[Will Harris (baseball)|Will Harris]], [[Mark Melancon]], [[Jaime García (baseball)|Jaime Garcia]], [[Wade Miley]], [[David Robertson (baseball)|David Robertson]], [[Jerry Reuss]], and [[Andy Pettitte]].<ref name="curve">{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/printarticle/?id=125930578|title=Curve now takes a back seat to other breaking pitches|last=Christensen|first=Joe|date=June 22, 2011|work=Star Tribune|access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.yesnetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120606&content_id=32858046&oid=36019 |title=Andy Pettitte enjoying a renaissance|last=Curry|first=Jack|date=June 6, 2012 |publisher=YES Network|access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/sports/baseball/lester-fulfills-his-promise-to-the-red-sox.html |title=Lester Again Makes World Series His Moment|last=Kepner|first=Tyler|date=October 29, 2013 |work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> Over the course of [[Kenley Jansen]]'s career from (2010–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kenley Jansen - Stats - Pitching {{!}} FanGraphs Baseball|url=https://www.fangraphs.com/players/kenley-jansen/3096/stats?position=P|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.fangraphs.com}}</ref> he has thrown his cutter 85.1% of the time, second only to Rivera at 87.2% among pitchers with at least 30 innings during that time period.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Major League Leaderboards » 2020 » Relievers » 16 {{!}} FanGraphs Baseball|url=https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=rel&lg=all&qual=50&type=16&season=2020&month=0&season1=2010&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2010-01-01&enddate=2020-12-31&sort=5,d|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.fangraphs.com}}</ref>
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