Phillies OF Jayson Werth started as usual with a left-handed pitcher on the mound Tuesday against the Braves. He went 3-for-4 with four RBI and is batting .333 (6-for-18) with a home run and two stolen bases over his last five games. (Updated 05/13/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/16/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Werth is back to playing a platoon role after going every day for a while when Shane Victorino was on the DL. He continues to tee off against left-handers, but he doesn't get enough at-bats to have Fantasy appeal outside of NL-only leagues in such a role. (Updated 05/13/2008).
Werth went 3-for-4 and matched a career high with four RBIs in the Phillies' 5-4 win over the Braves on Tuesday. (Updated 05/14/2008)
Advice
Werth was just 5-for-35 (.143) with a homer and two RBIs in his previous 10 games before Monday's performance. He's batting .271 with six home runs and 18 RBIs in 31 games this season.
Phillies OF Jayson Werth started as usual with a left-handed pitcher on the mound Tuesday against the Braves. He went 3-for-4 with four RBI and is batting .333 (6-for-18) with a home run and two stolen bases over his last five games. (Updated 05/13/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/16/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Werth is back to playing a platoon role after going every day for a while when Shane Victorino was on the DL. He continues to tee off against left-handers, but he doesn't get enough at-bats to have Fantasy appeal outside of NL-only leagues in such a role. (Updated 05/13/2008).
