Francisco Rodriguez Injury

K-Rod left the game last night (after blowing a save) with a sore ankle. It's quite possible and even likely that he will hit the DL. It's probably not a serious injury, but it makes sense to let him get fully healed this early in the season rather than let the injury linger.

For fantasy purposes, this means that either Scot Shields or Justin Speier will have fantasy value over the next couple of weeks. The question is: which one? Shields has seniority and, in general, the Angels would prefer to use him as the closer over Speier. However, Shields just returned from the DL and pitched poorly last night after replacing Rodriguez. My money is on Shields, but it's close. Don't drop someone with legitimate value until you hear for sure who will get the gig. But, if you have someone with marginal value, say Jeremy Guthrie, go snag Shields.