Jayson Werth could resume baseball activities on Wednesday, Nationals manager Davey Johnson said, pending a doctor’s examination of his broken left wrist. The Nats are hoping to have Werth back the first week of August.

Amid the good news, there is growing concern about the oblique injury of shortstop Ian Desmond who was not in the starting lineup for the third straight day. Johnson said Desmond’s injury actually worsened during his four-day break all-star week.