Werth has been Werth every penny. You have to remember the scenario around his contract. No owner the first few years, they spent no money as the parts were sold to up the sale price as mlb owned the team. They let Soriano and Dunn walk, both great moves but folks at the time were mad. They had never won what, 75 games to that point and no one went to the games. They sign Werth, grab pudge and in the first year finish a half game under .500 with a strong finish. Werth was the guy where the nats became real because you had owners who got a sweetheart deal on the backs of dc taxpayers. Werth changed all of that and demonstrated the first commitment to winning. He played hard, they second season nays make a huge jump, make the playoffs, he hits rhe walk off in game 4, and baseball was finally back in dc. And for those who make fun of celebrating that moment, don't ever mention the scottie Reynolds shot then. As recall, we lost our next game. Being Thete for both, the Werth ab was more dramatic as I believe it was the 13th pitch of the ab. Back to the point. Werth has paid for that contract 5x over. It made people like me buy season tickets and become fans. I'll wait for the smart-ass responses lacking all understanding of the situation. However, his contract was a home run for what it meant to building a fan blase that previously did not exist.
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