It's a life changing diagnosis. You never know what goes through his mind, but I'm guessing both Covey and his family feel that he is better off staying close to home while he learns to live with diabetes. Unfortunate as it is, this does lower Covey's stock. Hopefully he can work through this and pitch like a stud at San Diego.I was more responding to the fact that some here thought the Brewers would shy away from him due to the diagnosis. I can understand why he might want to be closer to home, although I don't know that being 2 hours away really makes a difference. Diabetes is something you have to deal with on a continual basis, you can't go home to deal with it. I guess being close to family and to see them on weekends and such for support can help I think it is unfortunate that in a circumstance like this, an arbitrary deadline causes someone to make a decision prematurely. Fortunately with current technology he can lead as close to a normal life as possible until they find a cure.