Posted: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 1:03 PM | 90 comments |
 

Werth boos Amaro, via text message
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Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. appeared on Fox29’s “Good Day” show this morning and said he was booed in a text message from former rightfielder Jayson Werth.

Amaro was taking questions from the station’s Facebook friends. Amaro was asked: Why did you say signing [Cliff] Lee would be better for the club than signing Werth?

“I love the guy,” Amaro said about Werth, who signed a free-agent deal with the Nationals. “I wish we had him back. Sometimes you have to make tough choices. For us, having a No. 1 starter as compared to a righthanded bat, the impact on our club was greater.

 “Is that the right way to look at things? I don’t know. For me, it is. I got a long text message from him last night booing me, in classic Philly style. He was upset. But hey, that’s how it works sometimes. Business is business. There are tough decisions.

"I think he was half kidding. We were joking back and forth. I told him he could still have been on our club if he accepted arbitration.”

 
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  • 1 like this / 1 don't   •   Posted 1:12 PM, 12/16/2010
    Werth is 100% jealous that he is not playing for the Phillies anymore, and its showing it. Go strikeout, not hit with runners in scoring position, come up small in clutch times, and swim in your millions that you do not deserve.
    — Bthuff80
  • 1 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:46 PM, 12/16/2010
    Runners in scoring position? Come on... it's the Nationals. How often is he going to get the chance to not hit with Runners in scoring position there?

    — walcraeb
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:47 PM, 12/16/2010
    Some players sign for less in order to help the success of the team. Nobody blames him for taking th Nats deal I'm sure. Would he do it again?? Hope this type thinking won't bring him down because he's got class.
    — gubbers97
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:13 PM, 12/17/2010
    I wouldn't ask Cliff Lee about signing for less. He did defer his pay a year, but $120 Million for 5 years or possibly $135 million for 6 years is a lot more attractive than $148 million for 7.
    — wolfburn
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:06 PM, 12/16/2010
    Was it me or did Werth not look happy when he did the press conference with the Nats? He definitely looked down in the mouth - very different than his friend Cliff did yesterday.
    — uteowl
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:13 PM, 12/16/2010
    ahhaha! "I think he was half kidding"...so that means he was half serious? This s**t is like Days of Our Lives.
    — WerthsOtherWife
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:14 PM, 12/16/2010
    Yeah, honestly, JWerth, love you man, wish you were here, but you have not a leg to stand on here. RAJ is 100% correct -- accept arbitration if it means that much to you.
    — Evo621
  • 1 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:15 PM, 12/16/2010
    Hey Jayson - you chose the money - end of story. Next....
    — PhillyExcitement
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:38 PM, 12/16/2010
    Right on, PhillyExcitement.
    — locofan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:16 PM, 12/16/2010
    Lee is gonna give Werth the "brush back" pitch!
    — High Hopes
  • 1 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:16 PM, 12/16/2010
    ...just kidding.
    — High Hopes
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:17 PM, 12/16/2010
    who's telling Roy Halladay that Rube's calling Cliff Lee his #1 starter?
    — potus
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:18 PM, 12/16/2010
    Werth will be back before his contract is over when the Nats need to dump salary and agree to eat half of it just so the Phils will take him of their hands
    — tealradish
  • 1 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:18 PM, 12/16/2010
    RAJ is showing that he learned from Gillick. If this move doesn't motivate EVERY batter in that lineup to get in the cages NOW, I don't know what will.
    — MichaelZoe


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David Murphy joined the Daily News as its Phillies beat writer in February of 2008. Born in Upper Merion and raised in the Poconos, he attended college at La Salle University before taking jobs with the Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Sun-News and the St. Petersburg ( Fla. ) Times. E-mail Dave at dmurphy@phillynews.com.

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