Belongs in hall. Arguably the greatest pitcher of all time. Give me roid rage roger blowing hitters away compared to the soft, fragile wimps we have today.
His numbers absolutely blow every live pitcher away by a lot. He's about 25 WAR ahead of Seaver, 33 more than Maddux, 35 more than Johnson. 7 Cy Youngs, 2 in the 80's, 3 in the 90's, 2 in the 00's. Shoulda won 9 or 10. 2 rings (2 blown saves from 4 rings) You can cut his career in half and he's 2 Hall of Famers. Even with a steroid demerit he's at the very least Top 3 live ball era pitchers.
There was 2 versions of Clemens....young Rocket threw straight gas and a breaking ball...mix of sliders and curves. By about 1994, he perfected the split and that became his premeire out pitch that he threw off the fastball w/ occasional sliders and only rarely threw a curve.
So I’m a die hard Clemens fan. Modeled my pitching after him. From wind up to pitch arsenal. I agree with his fastball being a a+ and the splitter being a A+ especially from his late Boston years throw the Yankee years. With the stros not so much. The slider was just a show pitch but I’d grade it more of a c to a c+.
That slider is weaker than an A-. His other pitches are excellent, so I'm not cappin. It still was an effective pitch for him, but that's more of a testament to his fastball.
Dylan Antill lol yeah I hate it when people take away from athletes on steroids. Just because they were on steroids doesn’t mean they’re automatically bad players.
say what you want about how hes a cheater and doesn't belong in the hall(which he doesn't) but man the ability to throw that 2-seamer on top of the 4-seam is bonkers
Say what you want about Clemens, but he's one of the best.
He took steroids 🤣😑😑😑
Fantastic mechanics, and that splitter was lights out.
That splitter was sick
Belongs in hall. Arguably the greatest pitcher of all time. Give me roid rage roger blowing hitters away compared to the soft, fragile wimps we have today.
"Roid Rage Roger" is a fantastic nickname. Hahaha. Who wins head-to-head: Clemens or Roided-out Bonds?
@@fan5407 no idea but take my money. I’d order that on pay per view lol
@@fan5407 clemens did went head to head with bonds and clemens won most times
Took steroids and lied about it
His numbers absolutely blow every live pitcher away by a lot.
He's about 25 WAR ahead of Seaver, 33 more than Maddux, 35 more than Johnson.
7 Cy Youngs, 2 in the 80's, 3 in the 90's, 2 in the 00's. Shoulda won 9 or 10. 2 rings (2 blown saves from 4 rings)
You can cut his career in half and he's 2 Hall of Famers.
Even with a steroid demerit he's at the very least Top 3 live ball era pitchers.
There was 2 versions of Clemens....young Rocket threw straight gas and a breaking ball...mix of sliders and curves.
By about 1994, he perfected the split and that became his premeire out pitch that he threw off the fastball w/ occasional sliders and only rarely threw a curve.
Imagine if Clemens was able to combine his two versions of himself at the same time. He would be borderline unhittable...
As someone who is relatively new to baseball, nothing makes my jaw drop like that splitter
@Bread And Circuses what exactly are you asking here and what’s the motivation?
His split finger fastball was excellent. What a breaking pitch to go with his fastball.
So I’m a die hard Clemens fan. Modeled my pitching after him. From wind up to pitch arsenal. I agree with his fastball being a a+ and the splitter being a A+ especially from his late Boston years throw the Yankee years. With the stros not so much. The slider was just a show pitch but I’d grade it more of a c to a c+.
That slider is weaker than an A-. His other pitches are excellent, so I'm not cappin. It still was an effective pitch for him, but that's more of a testament to his fastball.
He also had the audacity to throw a cutter late in his career too
Hard tight slider.
Clemens claimed that this pitch wasn't a cutter as many hitters claimed but was just a tight hard slider.
Syringe A+
Dylan Antill lol yeah I hate it when people take away from athletes on steroids. Just because they were on steroids doesn’t mean they’re automatically bad players.
Oh shit haha savage
I love his splitter, but that first 2 seam was nasty
I didn't know he even threw a breaking ball, I thought he was all fastballs and splitters
He threw fastballs and fasterballs
Was also known to throw the mythical fosh-ball too.
He has a good sharp curve too. Wish you got that.
BEAST !!!
Clemens is a Badass a great representative of the Steroid Era.
man that 2 seam is more like a slider
Ok that's for baseballs, and for bats???
His slider was more like a slurve
say what you want about how hes a cheater and doesn't belong in the hall(which he doesn't) but man the ability to throw that 2-seamer on top of the 4-seam is bonkers
Nasty 2-seamer, should have used that instead of his regular 4-seamer
Why do you say that?
Greatest split-finger fastball in MLB history
Cold blooded killer 🔥 🚀
Still disgusted to see him in a New York uniform.
Steroid injection ability. A+
Lying ability. A+
Arrogance level. A+
Hall of fame worthy!
That splitter is filth
Roid rage
1:24 LOL that ball was way inside
Roidcketman
Roket
💉💉💉💉💉
우왁! 약물 로저 클레멘스네