Yesterday Eno Sarris posted 2016’s Best Pitches By Result at Fangraphs (ranking relief pitcher offerings) and making an appearance in the top 15 is Alex Colome’s cutter. Colome’s cutter is one damn sexy pitch.
First, what the heck is this pitch?
There doesn’t seem to be consensus on what Colome throws.
Whenever Colome or Jim Hickey talk about the pitch they simply call it a “breaking ball.” This isn’t uncommon when you talk to Rays pitchers as the team doesn’t box pitches into classifications.
Fangraphs classifies his breaking ball as a slider, but Brooks Baseball calls it a cutter.