DODGERS NOTEBOOK: WERTH TO SEE INJURY SPECIALIST.

Byline: Tony Jackson Staff Writer

PHOENIX - Dodgers left fielder Jayson Werth will leave extended spring training in Vero Beach, Fla., this weekend and fly back to Los Angeles, where he will have his left wrist examined on Monday by Dr. Robert Chandler, a trauma specialist at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic.

Werth suffered a broken radius bone when he was hit by a pitch from Florida's A.J. Burnett in the Dodgers' Grapefruit League opener on March 2. The hairline fracture was found when Werth underwent a CT scan the next day, but he was expected to miss only a couple of weeks.

More than five weeks later, though, Werth still is unable to swing a bat and still experiences discomfort when he reaches across his body to catch a ball.

``There has been progress, but it's slow progress,'' trainer Stan Johnston said. ``I don't know if there will be tests done, but he is going to see a physician.''

Johnston said it is unlikely that Werth will have any kind of surgical procedure.

``I don't know what kind of procedure they could do,'' he said.

This is Werth's fourth significant injury in the past 12 months and the second time during that span that he has been on the disabled list.

--No worries: Entering Friday's game with Arizona, Dodgers right fielder J.D. Drew wasn't overly concerned with the fact he was hitless in 13 at-bats this season.

``Early in the season, everything is always magnified,'' Drew said. ``I myself do it as much as everybody else does, because you want to get off to a good start. But I'll get through it by continuing to stress having quality at-bats.''

Drew finally reached base in his 14th plate appearance, drawing a one-out walk in the ninth inning on Thursday at San Francisco that proved pivotal in a two-run inning that iced the win for the Dodgers. Drew says he is having quality at-bats, including the first-pitch outs he made his first three times up Thursday, and hitting coach Tim Wallach agreed.