What's the difference between a slider and a cutter?

Question

What's the difference between a slider and a cutter?

Answer 1

the cutter  is usually thrown faster than a slider

Answer 2

Well first of all, a cutter is a fastball and a slider is a breaking ball.

It's a similar pitch and some say the grip is the same as well. The slider just has a more open palm when you throw it. The slider is also slower and has more break (usually 6-10 inches-MLB) as opposed to a cutter (4-6 inches). The slider is also slower (80-90) while the cutter is (88-94). Lastly the cutter has a more sideways break while the slider is mainly a downward break. Hope that helps.

Answer 3

a cutter is more of a fastball that breaks to the side instead of moving down in the strike zone like fastballs usually do.  Sliders aren't thrown as hard but they break really hard to the side.

Answer 4

A slider is a pitch halfway between a curveball and a fastball. When a slider is pitched, the slider breaks laterally and down, with more speed than a curve ball but less speed than a fastball. The break on the pitch is shorter than that of a curveball. The release technique of a slider is between a curveball and a fastball. The slider is similar to the cutter, a pitch which is thrown as a fastball, but differs in the sense that a slider tends to be more of a breaking ball. A notable slider is thrown by John Smoltz which comes in looking like a strike and then breaks out of the strike zone.

A cutter is a type of fastball which breaks slightly as it reaches home plate. This pitch is somewhere between a slider and a fastball, as it is usually thrown faster than a slider but with more motion than a typical fastball. A common technique used to throw a cutter is to release a two-seam fastball with slight pressure from the tip of the middle finger.