Finally had my 2017 son's pop-time measured

Without seeing him, I'd say generally yes, that is achievable.  Sounds like he's doing all the right things to continue progressing.  Yes, he'll need to improve on that 70, so continue on a throwing program.  Perhaps add in some agility drills  that are focused on footwork to speed up his feet.  With throw-down drills, focus on quick feet and quick release, allowing for maybe a bit less short term accuracy in exchange for long term POP improvement.

What cabbage said, plus go find a good catching coach, a lot of it is technique on how you receive the ball and get it into the throwing position. My son is also a catcher (2016). He attends a catchers clinic about once a month to work on catcher specific techniques.

Check out the New England Catching Camp. I used to chat with the owner. It's now run by his son. What they teach is very consistent with what a MLB catcher taught my son. The online site is very informative. They have on site and roving camps during the year. If your screen looks the same as mine there's an ad for them on the right of the screen.

Thanks. My son works periodically with an excellent, well-respected catching coach. Every winter and a few private lessons scattered throughout the year. A year ago, his mechanics were very inconsistent but they've improved dramatically.

Practicing on the mechanics and most of all, increasing arm strength and throwing velocity are in order, and the latter will take a focused program and long-term work.

I believe there is an article on that site which breaks down the Pop time mechanics and will help you identify what specifically the kid may need to work on to improve the time.  Good luck. 

He is right on schedule. It sounds like his workout ethic and his natural growth will increase his arm strength, and that will get him to 2.0. He'll shave a tenth of a second for every 5mph in velocity.

Just out of curiosity, what do you mean by he lifts and does cardio but doesn't train for velocity?

Lifts weights, mostly upper body; does lots of abs/back and cardio (like treadmill, runs)--in addition to baseball including long toss--but he is not specifically in a velocity increase program.

Lifting all body parts is important for physical development. I'd highly encourage weight training for the lower body and core as well ("resistance training" is commonly used for core training. That is weight training). As for the cardio, I'm not sure what he does specifically, but if he runs any distance whatsoever - I'd suggest stopping that as soon as possible. Long distance running is not beneficial for baseball at all.

Keep working on footwork and transfers, and continue to develop physical strength. Do proper research on long toss programs and rest periods, etc. It sounds like he's on the right track.

it is achievable. I am  also a 2017 catcher looking for a 2.0 and im only 5'4 135, and im consistently getting 2.28-9, and with workouts it will happen soon

My 2017 (5'10, 170lb) was throwing consistent game 2.3 early this year during Freshman ball in the spring, and was measured at 2.19 during tryout throw downs. 

We took a lot of video and saw it was taking him ~1.0 seconds to get rid of the ball.  He spent a lot of time on that and has dropped it to.8 seconds in game and .7 seconds in drills.  That lowered his his Pop time to consistently just under 2.2 in games this summer (I think he lost a little velocity but expect it to come back).  He even hit 2.00 once and 2.10 in the same game over the summer.

I would look at your release time, as there are likely some pretty quick gains there. 

The goal should be sub 2.0 by senior year. That will draw some attention.

I think the transfer time could definitely use some work, i am hitting .63 as an average, it is my arm that could use work.

Thread resurrect! Since I last posted, my son worked with a former collegiate (and local HS hero) pitcher on throwing mechanics in general. Using his legs/lower half and following through with a better arm slot. Paid huge dividents on his overall throwing consistency and long-toss especially. But that insturctor has moved on to medical school. Now we're transitioning to a local former D1 catcher to keep it going.

Another update. Working with the former D1 catcher (per September 5 update), who takes catcher-related conditioning almost to a religious level, got his pop-time average of 4 throws to just over 2.1 (with 2.09 his best) at a showcase team tryout last weekend. Plus, he had recently started working with a high-level throwing instructor on synchronizing his mechanics and timing to prep for a 10-week intensive throwing/velocity management program that starts Dec 1st. Hope he can get it down to sub 2.0 in 2015.

Best of luck, looks like you are taking a proactive approach.