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NL East Notes: Werth, Zobrist, Fedde, Shields, Phillies
By Steve Adams [January 8, 2015 at 3:41pm CST]
Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth will undergo arthroscopic surgery on right shoulder tomorrow and need two to three months to recover, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (All Twitter links). Werth will have his AC shoulder joint — the same joint that caused him to miss time in August — repaired at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. While*the first reaction of some (myself included) is probably*to wonder if this will increase Washington’s interest in Ben Zobrist, Rosenthal*reports that*that’s not the case. The Nats have considered the asking price on Zobrist to be too high in talks with the Rays, he says.
A three-month recovery could*result in*Werth missing time early in the season, which could lead to increased playing time for Nate McLouth or Michael Taylor.