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Tango brought it up. That was the first time I had ever heard it discussed and I didn't realize it was a partisan issue. You can read the links (especially the last one in the comment #8) posted there. Apparently there is a lot of resistance to it, including at the pro level. In fact, many MLB teams restrict their pitchers to throwing only 120 feet and rigidly limit how much they do it. What's really dumb about this is that this structured, restrictive, one-size-fits-all approach was developed for guys recovering from Tommy John surgery, not healthy players, yet some teams applied it to ALL their pitchers.
The Mariner's aren't one of them; they employ a doctor who is big on long-toss. Other teams are open to it as well, like Texas. It would be interesting to know more about the M's current workout regimes for pitchers and what has been done previously.