I’m as confused as you are.  This was a story that I’d “double sourced” - J.D. Durbin was/is supposed to be on his way to Philadelphia for a Friday start.

From MLB.com:

PHILADELPHIA — J.D. Durbin’s early-season waiver odyssey has finally brought him to Philadelphia.

The right-hander will have his contract purchased by the team on Friday and will start start the first game of that day’s double-header vs. the Mets. Manager Charlie Manuel said after Sunday’s game that he planned to start Cole Hamels in the night game.

I wonder if there’s a difference between being officially called up, and, as the article states, being told you will be called up - i.e. “(Durbin) will have his contract purchased by the team on Friday…”. In any event, it seems odd that they would let him pitch last night - unless they didn’t want him going almost a week without pitching.

All of which is to say, I don’t know what the heck is goin’ on.

The bit in the article which didn’t catch my eye until this morning is troubling - at least from a Lynx perspective:

The Phillies still need a starter for Saturday’s game, and J.A. Happ appears to be the leading candidate. The prospect started for Triple-A Ottawa on Sunday.

So, in a little more than a week’s time we lose Clay Condrey, J.D. Durbin, J.A. Happ (tentative) and Zack Segovia. Matt Smith and Joe Bisenius are on the DL. Can you say “decimated”? Is it just me, or does anyone else find it a little odd that Philadelphia has only called on Ottawa for pitchers? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think any position players have moved up to the big club, even if it was for only a game or two. I suppose that this is an indicator of the depth of the Phillies roster outside of pitching, and the fact that hitting and defense haven’t been the problem for them this year; Exhibit A - last night they roughed up Homer Bailey’s Reds to the tune of 11-4.

Finally, even though they went on to lose in 12 innings, it was nice to see Howie Clark continue to contribute in Toronto. He came off the bench to pinch hit in the 8th inning last night, hitting a sac-fly that tied the game at 1.