Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez has been such a disappointment since the Phillies signed him out of Cuba for $12 million last offseason that they dropped the right-hander from the 40-man roster and placed him on waivers ... and no other team claimed him.
Philadelphia’s pitching staff isn’t exactly stacked, but Gonzalez blew his chance to make the team by allowing 12 runs in 14 spring training innings. He pitched reasonably well in the minors last season with a 3.13 ERA and 54/26 K/BB ratio in 46 innings spent mostly as a reliever, but he was also 27 years old facing Single-A and Double-A hitters for much of that action.
Gonzalez originally agreed to a $48 million contract with the Phillies, but worries about the health of his arm nixed that deal and led to the $12 million signing. And now it looks like even that reduced price was a ripoff. He’ll remain in the Phillies organization at Triple-A, but is no longer on the 40-man roster.
