10:24pm: The Rangers, Red Sox, and Cubs are also interested in Gonzalez, a source tells Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com (via Twitter). As it stands, there are seven teams in total that are in on the right-hander.
1:48pm: The Dodgers are one of the teams interested in Cuban right-hander Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez, Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times reports. Gonzalez, who formerly pitched for Cuba's national team, defected earlier this year and is now living in Mexico. At age 26, he is old enough to be signed without his salary counting towards a team's international spending cap.
Gonzalez "is said to be 6-foot-3 with a fastball in the 90s, a changeup, forkball and curveball" and at least one Major League scout thinks the righty could reach the Majors this season. Gonzalez hasn't pitched much in Cuba over the last two seasons as he was suspended by the country's top league for a previous attempt to escape.
Gonzalez is expected to be declared eligible by MLB this week and will become a free agent upon clearance by the U.S. Treasury Department. A showcase for scouts is tentatively scheduled for around June 20, a source tells Hernandez.
