Patrick Corbin has been toying with the idea of adding a cutter to the mix since at least the winter of 2021, when he picked up some tips on grips for the pitch from future Hall of Fame pitcher Max Scherzer as they worked out together in Florida.
“I like to just see what he’s thinking with his cutter, he throws about 3-4 different ones, the zones in which he does,” Corbin explained at the time.
“Just talking with Max, playing catch with him, he kind of showed me how he throws his,” Corbin said, “… and how he throws multiple different types of cutters, so it was just something — I always thought I wanted something around 77-ish [MPH], give or take, a little bit off my fastball, harder than my slider, something to maybe — I throw one less pitch to each hitter, so that’s kind of the idea behind that.