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The MLB average pop time is 2.01 seconds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statcast Catcher Poptime Leaderboard |url=https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/poptime |website=Baseball Savant |access-date=March 27, 2021}}</ref> A pop time of less than 2.0 seconds affords the pitcher 1.3 seconds to throw the ball to the catcher.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goold |first1=Derek |title=How fast did Molina throw that ball to second? |url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/how-fast-did-molina-throw-that-ball-to-second/article_dc42994c-fea5-11e1-b8c1-0019bb30f31a.html |access-date=March 27, 2021 |work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=September 14, 2012}}</ref> [[Salvador Perez]]'s 1.74 pop time during a 2017 throw was considered "stretch[ing] the boundaries of the position".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dodd |first1=Rustin |title=Here's why the Royals think Salvador Perez can become an even better catcher |url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article101154967.html |access-date=March 27, 2021 |work=[[The Kansas City Star]] |date=September 10, 2016}}</ref>
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Technically, pop time is the time from when the ball hits the catcher’s glove until it reaches the fielder’s projected receiving point at the center of second base.
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