July 6, 2011, 4:12 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth is in a major funk these days, but in spite of his struggles, he said he has no regrets about the seven-year commitment he made to the club in December.

Werth is hitting .221 with 30 RBIs in 83 games, and his lack of production already has created one bizarre plot twist this ( Read more... )

Published: July 5

Jayson Werth stood on second base late Monday afternoon, unaffected by what had preceded this crucial moment. Fans at Nationals Park had booed Werth as he peeled off batting gloves following a two-out, bases-loaded strikeout three innings earlier. He had been drilled by a fastball in the wrist the day before. He had hit .160 over ( Read more... )

Posted at 12:40 PM ET, 08/12/2011

Sometime between 7:15 and 7:45 tonight, depending on how the first inning goes for the Nationals, Jayson Werth will stroll into the batter’s box at Citizens Bank Park, the spot where for four years he hit so much better than he’s hit this season. It’s his second trip back to Philadelphia. The first centered on the ( Read more... )

Outfielder confident Nationals -- and his bat -- are on right path

09/19/11

WASHINGTON -- When October comes around, outfielder Jayson Werth will not be playing in the postseason for the first time since 2006, when he was a member of the Dodgers and missed the entire season due to injury.

For four consecutive seasons after that, Werth was an integral ( Read more... )

August 23, 2011

All season, Jayson Werth has talked of being "close" to finding his swing, as though it were an animal whose scent he was tracking through the woods.

This season has been a series of adjustments and counter-adjustments at the plate for Werth, all delivering only sporadic results and all coming under the scrutiny that rightly goes with ( Read more... )

May 10, 2011

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - Sometime last week, Jayson Werth received a text message from his agent, Scott Boras, that unlocked something for him. It was a simple message, because baseball, once you strip away the television cameras and empty clichés and white noise, is a simple game.

The message read: “The key is get on base and use ( Read more... )

As he preps to face old team, slugger tries to change culture in DC04/11/11 1:47 PM ET ( Read more... )

Fan favorite has moved on to Nats, but players stay in touch04/11/11 3:30 PM ET ( Read more... )

April 11, 2011 ( Read more... )

Monday, April 11, 2011, 11:13 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Jayson Werth was holding court with a group of reporters Saturday at Citi Field, fielding questions about his impending rendezvous with the Phillies, when someone pointed out his new team was on a winning streak.

"Two? Is that a streak?" the Nationals' right fielder asked.

"For the Nationals, it is," the ( Read more... )