Mar. 29 -- ARE THEY DONE YET?

Many thanks to colleague Kevin Tresolini for pinch-hitting last night at the Bank while I was tap-tap-tapping away at stories for Sunday's big Phillies preview (more on that later). And after the flurry of transactions yesterday, Tres brings us this from GM Pat Gillick about whether there's more to come before the Phillies have to submit their roster by tomorrow's 3 p.m. deadline.

"If we make a move, it won't be anything earth-shaking," Gillick said. "It'll just be something that'll help us a little bit."

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After the Phillies acquired reliever Tim Lahey, I reached out to an old friend who covers the New Britain Rock Cats (team motto, circa 2002: "These 'Cats Rock"), the Twins' double-A affiliate in the Eastern League. His brief scouting report: "Big right-hander. Converted catcher who has a live arm and a world of potential but needs to learn more about the craft."

Lahey, 26, is 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, and he played in college at Princeton, not your average baseball factory. He was picked in the Rule 5 draft by the Rays and traded to the Cubs, and he went 0-1 with a 6.55 ERA, seven strikeouts and eight walks in 11 spring-training innings. But two things stick out to me: a) He has made only two appearances beyond Class AA; b) As a Rule 5 draft pick, he must stay on the Phillies' 25-man roster all season or be offered back to his initial former team, Minnesota, for $25,000.

"You never know what's going to happen," Gillick said. "We've just got to keep taking chances to see if we can come up with something."

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In his final preseason tuneup, Cole Hamels pitched well last night. So, too, did Chad Durbin, Ryan Madson, Clay Condrey and, at long last, J.D. Durbin.