WASHINGTON (AP) — After the Washington Nationals lost their fifth straight game on Wednesday, Jayson Werth told reporters in Milwaukee: “Things need to change.”
Werth wasn’t specific about the changes, but with the Nationals a season-worst seven games under .500 and batting just .229, it could have been inferred that the slugger was referring to manager Jim Riggleman.
On Friday afternoon before the Nationals began a series with San Diego, Riggleman said he had met with Werth, who last December signed a seven-year, $126 million contract with Washington.
Riggleman said it was a good meeting and didn’t feel Werth was calling him out.
Werth was not available for pre-game comment, and through a club spokesman, said he’d meet with the press after the game.