Report: Roy Oswalt Threw For The Phillies

Who’s not surprised by this? 

When Roy Oswalt announced this winter that he was going to sit out a few months and pull a Roger Clemens, it was hard not to imagine a scene where Oswalt and Ruben Amaro sat on the pitcher’s large tractor, chomped on some buckwheat or whatever, and hashed out a plan to pay the pitcher $4 million to pitch for three months for the Phillies this season.

Hey guys, comin' back 

He’ll be in red pinstripes by the Fourth of July.

Phillies beat writer Matt Gelb is a bit more skeptical, tweeting: Fair warning: Be extremely skeptical of any information leaked regarding Roy Oswalt.

It's worth noting that the Oswalt report was the second story of the day broken by Rosenthal, instead of a Phillies beat writer…