The media source cites family issues, like being away from his family too long, and Beane has also mentioned that.
However, one guy that frequents a club I belong to and just happens to play AAA ball in the Sacramento area
believes thats only half the reason. With Kurt Suzuki now in the majors, Landon Powell still on track... he wasn't scheduled to get any MLB time soon, and not many other teams would have had interest.
My guy also says that JB's weight was a problem and keeping it consistently down was as well. He went on to suggest that JB's a perfectionist and really wanted that MLB call of duty, but realized it wasn't likely to come anytime soon.
Speculation sure, but I thought it was cool that I got a little more in depth info...
Kudos to JB and good luck to him with his family and new occupation, his story in Moneyball was always my favorite (especially when he left the A's scout on the phone to make sure it wasn't his friends screwing with him
)