2forU posted:No bench mark, just an example. The quicker you get rid of the ball, the slower you can throw it, simple math. But a throw from home to second is still 127 ft. A ball needs to travel at 86.6 MPH to go 127 ft in one second. So a faster catch and release means he can throw slower, but the ball wont travel 127 feet in one second or 1.1 seconds. A ball thrown at 79.4 MPH only travels 116.453333 feet in 1.1 seconds. It will take 1.599 (1.6) seconds to go 127 feet, add 1.3 and .7 and your complete time is 3.6 seconds from pitch - catch - 2b on the bag. A 3.3 runner will beat that throw by .3 seconds
I don't think any catcher can throw 86 on average. you easily would need to be 92 at release which would equal to at least upper 90s from the mound.
last year the hardest throw by a catcher was gary sanchez at 88.9 AT RELEASE which probably means an arrive velo of 69 MPH (pitcher loses 10 MPH to home so it should be about twice due to the double distance). that means his throw averaged at best 80 mph. I doubt anyone can make the throw in 1 second flat.
this article here from 2012 claimed 83 release, 72 average and 1.2 second time for molina, meaning to get his game 1.8s (which is elite, the fastest pop time 2016 was 1.72) he transfers and releases in about .6 seconds.