Cutter: Corbin Burnes & Freddie Freeman
Corbin Burnes comes in with the third-best pitch in baseball with his cutter, having a run value of -20. As his main fastball, Burnes throws his cutter 56.1% of the time and hitters are only hitting it for a .201 batting average. His cutter is responsible for 84 of his 190 strikeouts, the most of any in his pitch arsenal.
Corbin Burnes, Nasty 96mph Cutter. ✂️
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) June 15, 2022
Not even sure what to call that "swing." 😂 pic.twitter.com/E31hAoOvte
As for Freddie Freeman, let’s just say that throwing him a cutter isn’t a good idea. He only sees cutters in 9.1% of plate appearances but, when he hits them, he hits for a ridiculous .668 wOBA. While this isn’t Freeman’s best pitch by Run Value, it’s the best year he’s had vs cutters in his career.
Freeman and Burnes have faced off twice this year. Freeman was 1-for-3 with a single of the cutter in their first matchup and 1-for-2 in their second matchup.