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Wade Davis, Dellin Betances, and the 95+ MPH Cutter

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by Carson Cistulli - August 20, 2015

The video here depicts the last pitch of Wednesday night’s game between Kansas City and Cincinnati, a contest won 4-3 by the Royals. What else the video depicts is a cutter thrown by Wade Davis at 96 mph — for a swinging strike to one of the major leagues’ most talented hitters. Though the author failed to seek Votto’s opinion of the pitch, the following image might provide some insight:

This is the expression a man makes whilst another man relates an anecdote about the time he suffered some manner of testicular injury.