{"id":9740,"date":"2010-08-18T11:16:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T15:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=9740"},"modified":"2015-12-30T01:54:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T06:54:31","slug":"dylan-covey-to-play-for-the-university-of-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=9740","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Covey to Play for the University of San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">California high school right-hander <a href=\"http:\/\/baseballbeginnings.com\/tag\/dylan-covey\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Covey<\/a> has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and will honor his commitment to play college baseball at the University of San Diego, bypassing signing a professional contract with the Milwaukee Brewers who drafted him with the 14<sup>th<\/sup> overall pick.<br \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Covey said that college baseball would be a better fit for adjusting to his new lifestyle than would professional baseball at this point. He stressed that there were no ill feelings toward the Brewers organization, and decided for himself that college would make the transition to a diabetic lifestyle smoother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Covey, whose late-season slump fueled speculation that he had a shoulder injury, received a clean bill of health for his arm in a pre-draft medical examination last weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However, blood work showed that he has type 1 diabetes, a condition he previously did not know he had. The diagnosis explained his late season velocity drop and threw a curveball into Covey\u2019s future plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For the full story go to<\/span><span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/baseballbeginnings.com\/2010\/08\/16\/dylan-covey-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\">Baseball Beginnings.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/baseballbeginnings.com\/2010\/08\/16\/dylan-covey-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/> <\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California high school right-hander Dylan Covey has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and will honor his commitment to play college baseball at the University of San Diego, bypassing signing a professional contract with the Milwaukee Brewers who drafted 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