CLEARWATER, Fla. America finally gets to see Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez pitch some competitive baseballSaturday. OK, maybe all of America isnt interested in what the mysterious Cuban import has to offer, but those with an interest in the Phillies certainly are. Gonzalez defected from Cuba last year and signed a three-year, $12 million contract with the Phillies in August. He is scheduled to pitch two innings against the Yankees at Steinbrenner…

Colby Rasmus drove in two runs, Dioner Navarro hit an RBI double and the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Friday. Pedro Alvarez doubled twice and scored both runs for Pittsburgh. Rasmus hit an RBI single in the first inning off Gerrit Cole. After spending last season with the Chicago Cubs, Navarro signed a two-year, $8 million contract with the Blue Jays in the offseason. Rasmus drives…

Early in Phillies spring training a common theme has emerged. For whatever reason, several of Philadelphia’s pitchers have suffered shoulder injuries. Add them to the offseason shoulder problems for prospects Adam Morgan and Shane Watson, and it’s becoming a concern. Now Morgan and Watson have been joined by Cole Hamels who has shoulder tendinitis, Ethan Martin who has shoulder soreness and Jonathan Pettibone who recently had a cortisone shot and…

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. has a simple explanation for the rash of shoulder injuries that has beset his organization. Its anatomy, he said at Bright House Field on Friday, shortly after pitcher Ethan Martin headed out the door to have an MRI on his ailing right shoulder. Martin became the Phillies latest shoulder casualty Thursday when he failed to get his fastball above 85 mph…