Deep in a Washington Post feature about Nationals reliever Craig Stammen’s role in some of the team’s clubhouse traditions comes this important quote:

“We kicked Jayson Werth out of the (fantasy football) league this year,” Stammen said. “Jayson failed to pay last year. He didn’t pay until spring training, so we kicked him out of the league for late payment.”

So Jayson Werth is that guy. So much for respected veterans leading by example.

Werth is in the fourth year of a seven-year, $126 million contract he signed with the Nationals in free agency before the 2011 season. The size of the contract raised eyebrows at the time, but Werth has been arguably the best offensive player on a Nationals team that has the best record in the National League in 2014.

None of that means he should be allowed back in the fantasy league this year, though. Stammen has got to assert himself in that spot, and some offenses are unforgivable.