January 7, 2008
[size=150]PHILLIES, WERTH AVOID ARBITRATION[/size]
Outfielder Jayson Werth agreed to a one-year contract with the Phillies, Assistant General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. announced today. Werth had been eligible for salary arbitration.
Werth, 27, will earn $1.7 million in 2008, plus performance bonuses. He hit .298 with eight home runs and a career-high 49 RBI in 94 games for the Phillies last year. Werth also set a career best with nine outfield assists, despite missing a month of the season with a left wrist strain.
Werth became the second Phillie to avoid arbitration, joining outfielder Chris Snelling. The Phillies have four arbitration-eligible players remaining: infielders Eric Bruntlett and Ryan Howard and righthanders Brad Lidge and Ryan Madson.
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