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I was "watching" on MLB Gameday last night while listening to the radio, and saw the pitch f/X data on what they called fastballs. 97-98 MPH, not much break, okay, that's his four-seamer. But then there were all these 91-92 MPH listed as fastballs, with hellacious movement, and I'm thinking "what in the world is THAT? Can't be the change-up - there's too many of them and too much lateral movement. Two-seamer? He doesn't throw one of those, does he?" I figured it was just pitch f/X being pitch f/X. Then I got home and sped through the game on the DVR. Holy moley. He just detonated Pujols.
He did go to too many three-ball counts for my liking, running up the pitch count unnecessarily. But like you said, showing the change-up just enough to put it in their minds isn't a bad thing, and he made it through 7 innings.
If he can keep this up the rest of the league won't just be afraid, very afraid; they'll be rocking back and forth in the fetal position, looking for their binky, saying "I want my mommy."