Jayson Werth News

They played a 4-6 road trip that saw the team never string good games together with series losses against the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants sandwiching a series split against the San Diego Padres .

The Washington Nationals are 12th in the National League in runs scored. With a lineup that includes Bryce Harper , Ryan Zimmerman, and Jayson Werth , this performance is disappointing.

Five years ago, on May 22, 2008, Jayson Werth felt a sharp pain in his right side during a game in Houston.

The Nationals might have entered the finale of a 10-game West Coast road trip at .500 with a 23-23 mark, but a losing streak that reached four games with Tuesday's 10th-inning walk-off loss is wearing on the team, which many pegged as a World Series contender.

It appears that Jayson Werth, who has not played in a major league game since May 2, won't be returning very soon, either.

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On a night the Washington Nationals welcomed back slugger Bryce Harper, the team learned it will be without reliever Ryan Mattheus after he broke his hand punching a locker.

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The traveling continued for Jayson Werth on Saturday as the right fielder went to Chicago to visit with another specialist about his strained right hamstring.

There were a number of injury updates on the Washington Nationals who are dealing with a variety of issues right now.

Feeling some slight tightness in his strained right hamstring, Washington Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth traveled to New York on Thursday to visit with the team's specialist, Dr.

Just about everything worked out perfectly for Gio Gonzalez in his last outing except the most important thing -- earning the victory.

Yesterday was quite eventful for Nationals injuries. Bryce Harper made his first game appearance since suffering his and Jayson Werth played in his first minor league rehab game, but Ross Detwiler and Wilson Ramos were afflicted by wounds of their own.

The story of this game was missed offensive opportunities. See that massive spike in the Nats' win probability in the eight inning? Trailing by one, the Nats' win probability actually exceeded 50%, thanks to runners on the corners with no outs.

Afterward, standing in front of his locker, Harper offered a one-word summation of how he was feeling.

The Birdman Zack Greinke will make his return from the disabled list for the Dodgers in the rubber game of the three game series against Washington.

Washington Nationals' manager Davey Johnson gave Steve Lombardozzi his first start of the year in left field on Sunday in the Nats' series finale with Chicago.

The Washington Nationals were cruising through the first game of three in LA's Dodger Stadium with a 6-0 lead on the Dodgers when Nats' outfielder Bryce Harper gave everyone a scare, colliding with the center field wall and knocking himself if not out, at least out of the game.

Bryce Harper has made vast improvements from his Rookie of the Year season in 2012 - improvements so great that he's already put his name in the running for early-season National League MVP.

Nationals manager Davey Johnson said Monday evening that Werth would like to make another visit to his personal doctor in New York and then he plans to get some at-bats. "He wants to play or the next day and join the club probably on Friday," Johnson said.