"We feel Jayson has the abilities -- offensive and defensively. He will fill any hole that was left by Adam Dunn or anybody else in the middle of the lineup. I think our evaluators have seen him improve the last three years to a point where we still think that his best days are still ahead of him. He drives in runs, he scores runs, he prevents runs. We feel that he is an elite player and an elite pickup for us." - Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo on MLB.com (Bill Ladson, 12/05/2010, 'Nationals lure Werth with seven-year deal', Source)