MIAMI — Daniel Castano has described his cutter as a pitch with which he “lives and dies.” It’s his most-used pitch this season, one the Miami Marlins’ left-handed pitcher had thrown 42.9 percent of the time entering his Tuesday start against the Pittsburgh Pirates after beginning to add it to his arsenal last season.
“I’d rather get beat by that pitch than my fifth-best pitch,” Castano said.
The Pirates got the better his cutter twice, and that proved key in the Marlins’ 3-2 loss on Tuesday at loanDepot park that dropped Miami to 41-45 on the season and 0-2 so far in this series against Pittsburgh (38-50).
