From Danny Knobler:

"'That one would scare me," the official said.

He's not alone. In an informal survey of five scouts and one coach who have all seen [Francisco] Rodriguez recently, three expressed serious doubts about how good the 26-year-old Angel will be two or three years down the line, and one even wondered whether he'll be as good as expected in this year's playoffs.

"You still see the same effort in his delivery, but now it ends up selling the off-speed pitches," the scout said. 'It used to come out at 96. Now, it's 92-93, and out of six or seven pitches, there might be four or five changeups or breaking balls. He still has great movement on his change and his curve, and he throws the changeup anywhere from 78-85. and there's enough deception that the 92 mph fastball can look like 110.

'But if this guy loses his fastball and hitters can eliminate that pitch, he doesn't have the command to get away with it.'"