Early morning news from Bright House: Brad Lidge and Chad Durbin are on tap to pitch in games for the first time this spring in a split-squad game Wednesday.

Lidge, who experienced some stiffness when he reported to camp, has been brought along slow this spring after a heavy workload in last year's World Championship season. I watched him pitch a bullpen this time last week, and he looked fine.

Nevertheless, it should be interesting to see him on the mound in a game for the first time since punching out Eric Hinske to record the last out of the 2008 season.

Durbin has been nursing a hamstring injury. But for the last five days or so, he has said the injury hasn't been an issue.

Both will be important cogs in the bullpen that will be without J.C. Romero until June 1, so perhaps it's not a terrible thing they haven't throw any Grapefruit League innings yet (have to save those bullets, you know?).

As long as everything goes well, they both will likely make Grapefruit League debuts this weekend.

UPDATE: After a brief chat with general manager Ruben Amaro Jr., it sounds as if Pedro Feliz will also make his game debut Wednesday. Amaro said Feliz, who had back surgery in November, is one step away from being game-ready.

Feliz will work on sliding in the next two days. If all goes well, he's expected to play in the same game as Lidge and Durbin - a split-squad at noon at the Joe DiMaggio Field (across the street from the Carpenter Complex here in Clearwater).

As we told you last week here on Phollowing the Phillies, Feliz appears to be ahead of Utley. Utley, however, also appears to be fairly close and my best guess is he makes his first appearance in a game next week.

Here's today's lineup:

1. Eric Bruntlett, SS
2. Greg Dobbs, LF
3. Jayson Werth, CF
4. Ryan Howard, 1B
5. Raul Ibanez, DH
6. Geoff Jenkins, RF
7. Jason Donald, 3B
8. Miguel Cairo, 2B
9. Lou Marson, C