Message #1907715

[CoryTheFormerExposFan]

I think if Jayson Werth was the kind of intuitive, team-first baseball player that Jayson Werth seems to think he is, then at some point in the past two seasons Jayson Werth would have had a quiet sit-down with Dusty and transitioned to the bench.

The absolute final straw was him not sitting down in the playoffs for the betterment of the team, still thinking he's a playoff hero or something. I have no hard feelings towards him - I wouldn't mind seeing him come back sometime soon as a coach. But he is clearly delusional about his current playing abilities, as most old ballplayers are.

It's Dusty's job to fill out the lineup card in that situation.  It isn't up to Jayson to say I think somebody else is better.  If he felt he was healthy enough, that's the only thing he needs to communicate.