Clemens to fill in on Red Sox radio broadcast June 16

The Rocket is heading to the booth.

Roger Clemens, the polarizing, seven-time Cy Young award winner who spent the first 13 years of his career with the Boston Red Sox, is slated to make his broadcasting debut June 16 when his former club opens a three-game set against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park, providing color commentary on the Red Sox Radio Network alongside play-by-plan man Tim Neverett, according to WEEI's Rob Bradford.

Clemens, a Houston native, will be filling in for Joe Castiglione, who's taking the three-game series off.

Selected by the Red Sox with the 19th overall pick in the 1983 draft, Clemens remains one of the greatest pitchers in franchise history, winning three Cy Youngs and the 1986 American League MVP during his time in Boston, while setting franchise records in WAR (81.3) and strikeouts (2,590). In 2014, Clemens, now 54, was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame.