Reply to "inward move to 2nd on an early jump from first"

ironhorse5,000+ posts

We run the Pitcher Cut one in lieu of a pump fake. A lot of teams coach that runner to go once they see the ball leave the catcher's hand, so a pump basically just gives them a free base. I find a lot of times when it leaves the catcher's hand the R3 will just drop his head and run. If that happens we obviously cut and throw home.

The throw down to 3b is really targeting a lazy/dumb/overly aggressive secondary kind of runner so the pump fake doesn't help a lot there.

1/29/1512:14 PM

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