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If there is any guy on the Phillies who deserves to benched right now, it is Jayson Werth. Not only are his numbers bad, but his approach at the plate is even worse.
Jayson Werth has always been known to take huge swings during his at-bats. Hitting coaches would tell just about every player to avoid those enormous swings because you rarely make good contact. A hitter is likely to be late, and even if they do hit it, they probably won't make good contact.
But I normally don't have a problem with Werth swinging like that because he hits so well with two strikes. And because he is so comfortable with two strikes, he can afford to take chances early in the count.
But you gotta cut down on your swing when you're in a slump, Jayson! Any you are in a slump for sure, J-dub. Since May 7, Werth is hitting .179 with 4 homers, 13 RBIs, and a measly .276 OBP. That's 27 games, which is nearly a fifth of the season that he's been in a slump.
Sorry, it is just unacceptable for a guy in a slump to continue to take mammoth hacks when he can't even hit the ball to begin with. And when he swings through one fastball after another against Heath Bell and is late on every single one of them, that's when you get benched.
Thank you for sitting him, Charlie, because Jayson needs to get the hint somehow.
Hey, everybody gets into a slump, and nobody wants to get out of it more than Jayson Werth. But swinging harder is not the answer. He's in a slump because something is wrong with his mechanics. And when you have bad mechanics, it gets exaggerated on big swings. It's sickening watching him continue to do the same exact things with the same exact results.
Philly fans will accept a physical slump, but we will NOT accept a mental slump.
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