Not sure why people think they are smarter than the scientists of ASMI. Other activities also generally don't have that high of an impact than throwing. Both ASMI and the premier conditioning expert Eric cressey suggest taking off time from all throwing. I know ASMI might be conservative but cressey actually works with many pro pitchers.
http://www.ericcressey.com/bas...-throwing-programs-1
Not sure if "gut feel" is better than the opinion of those guys.
You know how people are. They tend not to believe things that they don't want to hear. Even when the evidence is shoved in their faces, they have a tendency to go with their guts and to discredit the evidence and the sources of the evidence if its telling them things that they don't really want to hear. People also tend to think that it happens to somebody else, not them or their kid. Plus they rationalize and rationalize until things hit the breaking point, at which point you would think they can't rationalize any more. But they often do -- attributing the bad outcome to bad luck or chance, when they were really cruising for a bruising all along. Part of the problem in baseball is the ever escalating arms race -- the ever more competitive chase for that elusive scholarship or roster spot. People seem to believe that they can't afford to let their player fall behind.