So remember the Nats' decision yesterday to give Shawn Hill one more minor-league rehab start before activating him off the DL? Scrap that. Jim Bowden has decided he doesn't want to wait any longer, so Hill will come back and start for the Nats Tuesday against the Phillies.

"I thought about it overnight," Bowden said. "And after thoroughly looking at it and looking at how he pitched his last time out, I think he might not be as crisp and 100 percent as we would like. But he's still our best pitcher. He deserves to take the mound Tuesday in a pennant race."

It's probably no coincidence that Bowden had this epiphany while Matt Chico was slogging his way through a six-walk, five-inning start against the Diamondbacks. Never the world's most patient GM, Bowden clearly was frustrated with the way things were looking in his rotation, so he'll bring Hill (the club's best pitcher earlier this season) back after a somewhat-shaky, five-inning rehab start Thursday night for Columbus.

So here's how the Nats' upcoming rotation looks. This, however, is very tentative...

TONIGHT: John Lannan at Arizona
TOMORROW: Mike Bacsik at Arizona
MONDAY: Off
TUESDAY: Shawn Hill vs. Philadelphia
WEDNESDAY: Tim Redding vs. Philadelphia
THURSDAY: Joel Hanrahan vs. Philadelphia

Where does that leave Chico? Evidently, he'll either be pushed all the way back to Friday against the Mets, or perhaps he could be on the verge of demotion to the minors. Stay tuned...