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That Doogie's velo increase was caught on Driveline's radar.  Us being out here in Alaska and all.  Wow.
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The Velo Loss article was a terrific read.  Not least because the guy stated most of my beliefs about pitcher training :- )
It's understandable that ML teams would want to treat a $100M pitcher as if he were lace china.  But I bet you it's exactly that, which is risking their investments.  Keep a guy on the shelf all winter and for the four-day cycle, and then ask him to go out there on Day 5 and execute the physically near-impossible.
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IMHO the entire Baseball Prospectus Pitcher Abuse Points (PAP) paradigm was a sabermetric cousin to this error.  Be gentle with your expensive arm, now...
The main principle I believe in is, don't let the guy throw after he's gassed.