Pedro Martinez: Most Talented Pitcher of All Time?

despite not being able to throw his fastball or his change-up due to his back and relying completely on his curve-ball.

As the Red Sox won the game 12-8, I can't think of any baseball player with more pure killer instinct—he would not let his team lose.

Pedro is easily the one pitcher I would want to pitch one game if I could take anyone.

There are a lot of people who would choose to take quantity over quality—as is the case with Roger Clemens. I'm not saying that Roger Clemens was not a great pitcher. It is just that his numbers are inflated due to the amount of time he spent in the league.

If you take Pedro's average numbers and multiply them by the number of years that Roger Clemens played. Pedro's numbers would dwarf Roger Clemens.

Also Pedro has never once been accused of taking steroids—you can tell by looking at a picture of him in his rookie year and comparing it to a picture of him this year. When you do the same with Roger Clemens, you can tell the difference in body shape and body mass.

Watching Pedro pitch recently is like watching Greg Maddux or Tom Glavine. A complete finesse pitcher.

Due to injuries he has lost most of the heat on his fastball—it usually tops out in the high 80s.

But his numbers are still comparable to the numbers he put up in his prime.

Even though he's had to completely change his game, relying now on his intelligence and variety of pitches to strike batters out. He has proved he can throw heat like Roger Clemens, and he can also strike you out without even topping 90 on the radar gun. Take away Clemens' fastball, and he would be mediocre at best.

Pedro had no weaknesses pitching-wise. When I compare him to other pitchers in their primes, he is the only one in my mind that does not have a single weakness on the mound.

He has all the intangibles, and has gotten everything out of them that he possibly could. In my mind, that is what determines true greatness.

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