Jayson Werth started slow, but he's showing signs of life on the field and at the plate in the 14th major league season for the Washington Nationals' 36-year-old outfielder. Dusty Baker is taking a patient approach and waiting for Werth to get it going...
In the series opener with Minnesota this past Friday night, Jayson Werth hit a fifth inning home run off Twins' reliever Michael Tonkin for the eighth run Washington scored in an 8-4 win in Nationals Park.
Werth went 2 for 3 with a walk at the plate on Friday, leaving him 9 for 45 with three doubles and three home runs in 53 plate appearances this season, over which the 36-year-old outfielder has walked seven times and struck out 14 times.