Gammy, you're killing me.

"[...] and they have the OC who has been consistent."

First off, consistent is only a good thing to say about someone when it is followed by "ly awesome". The consistent Orlando Carbrera is consistently league average or worse. Yes, that includes this season where everyone started getting chubbies over his offensive output early in the season. He set a career high for OPS+ this year at 100. For those not in-the-know, A (+) stat of 100 is league average. THE BEST HE HAS EVER BEEN ON OFFENSE IS DEAD FUCKING AVERAGE. That is not something to praise when talking about strenths in a line-up.

"Or maybe it is that Lackey is over-rated and sucks"

John Lackey does not suck. He opposite-of-sucks. On the season he is only .07 behind the heralded Josh Beckett in WHIP (Walks/Hits per Inning Pitched) at 1.21 to 1.14 and he is ahead of Beckett in ERA+ (144 to 139). He pitched more innings and did better. If Lackey sucks, and he is just as good as Beckett, then Beckett must also suck.