Cut-off man

Specifically referring to the player that serves as a middle man in a throw to a far off and/or important target, such as: the shortstop or second baseman in a throw from deep center field to home plate or the shortstop in a throw from left field to the pitcher when a runner is on third base and it is important to not allow the runner to advance. The cut-off man does two things: it increases accuracy over long distances and serves to shorten the time the ball requires to get to a specific place. The latter is due to the fact that the ball, when thrown over long distances, loses a considerable amount of speed the farther it must be thrown.