John Gibbons wasn't about to make any frantic phone calls. Sure, the Blue Jays manager had heard about the report that claimed his ace pitcher, Roy Halladay, reinjured his arm. Gibbons knew there was no reason to worry, though. "Because I knew it wasn't true," said Gibbons, leaning back in a chair inside the Bobby Mattick Training Center on Thursday. Pitchers and catchers aren't required to be at Toronto's Spring Training site until Saturday, but there were plenty already on hand at the facility. Halladay has been training in Florida for some time now, and there have been no lingering issues from the strained right forearm that ended his season prematurely in September. A recent Internet report indicated that Halladay had suffered some stiffness in the same forearm during one of his offseason workouts. That caused a minor stir among Toronto fans, but Halladay, who went 16-5 with a 3.19 ERA last season, has denied the rumor. Halladay isn't hurt, but the former Cy Young Award winner will be taking things a bit slower this spring. The 29-year-old plans on limiting the amount of time he spends working on his cut fastball -- a pitch that can put extra strain on a pitcher's forearm. Instead, Halladay will spend more time honing his changeup and sinker during the first half of Spring Training. "With Doc, it's just that one pitch that sometimes irritates his forearm. It makes sense just to [have him hold off on throwing it]," Gibbons said. "Now he can just go out there and work on his changeup and work on other things."