How hard do catchers throw to second?

High school or college catchers are always looking at how they stack up to one another. Watching high level baseball you might be thinking how good is my arm? How does my pop time stack up? How about the exchange from glove to throw? Interesting to think that not all catcher in MLB are throwing 95 MPH fastballs to second base. Consider the following clips:





Both catchers only throwing between 80-85 MPH. Very reasonable. This tells me that coaches don't care as much for rockets for an arm and are MUCH more concerned with catching ability, receiving, blocking, calling a game, and many other things that go into the position. I was shocked when I first saw this. Think about that for so long I as consumed with thinking that catchers were throwing 95 MPH to second base but in reality it is much slower than that. 

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