When the Phils begin their Grapefruit League schedule this Wednesday, Jamie Moyer and Joe Blanton are scheduled to pitch against the Pirates at Bradenton, along with Joe Bisenius, Scott Nestor, and non-roster invitees Dave Borkowski, Mike Koplove and Jake Woods.

If you're headed to Clearwater for the first home game - Thursday against Toronto - you can check out two of the pitchers competing for the fifth starter spot. Carlos Carrasco and J.A. Happ are in line to see the first few innings of work.

Kyle Kendrick, another fifth starter hopeful, will pitch Saturday at Bright House against the Tampa Bay Rays (who may or may not bring Pat Burrell into town).
Chan Ho Park is scheduled to share work with Brett Myers Sunday against the Braves at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex.

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Pay no attention to headlines -- Cole Hamels hasn't arrived back into camp yet. (At least as of 8:25 this morning).

But it's probably not a big deal. The clubhouse opened at 8 a.m. this morning but closed a half hour later for a team meeting.

Team officials say Hamels left Clearwater Saturday morning to attend to a family matter. In today's notes, manager Charlie Manuel admitted Hamels' injury-riddled history is never far from his mind.

Although Hamels is in good health, according to Manuel and pitching coach Rich Dubee, the team will give him a long leash and not rush him into too much work this spring.

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Remember Marcus Giles? He's in camp with the Phils, and could be the front-runner to be the right-handed bat off the bench team officials have been looking for in the last three months.