PHILADELPHIA — When Jayson Werth returned from a broken wrist in 2012, he remained a productive hitter for the Nationals, just not a power hitter. His wrist needing more time to regain full strength, Werth wound up morphing from a middle-of-the-order power threat into a top-of-the-order table-setter.
So when he returned from another fracture to the same wrist earlier this summer, Werth understandably wondered if the same scenario might play out. Would that power stroke once again be missing?
For awhile, the answer was yes. In his first 27 games back from the DL, Werth hit only one home run.