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Has anyone gotten great numbers out of John Lackey? Numbers befitting his 6+million dollar contract? I went for Tim Hudson, but received Lackey. In the three complete seasons of 2007 I have played; he has been mediocre at best(on other teams).This season my park is Kaufman . Thank you(in advance)for any helpful replies.

i have lackey in rfk. hes had 19 starts.

9-8 148.1 3.94 1.24

I have him in RFK. Defense is good. Numbers are as follows:

17 9 0 0 246.0 238 111 103 59 161 19 3.77 1.21

Good bullpen behind him.

Overpriced.

Lackey in Camden [12 complete games in 35 starts]
19 10 0 258.1 255 103 62 188 3.59 1.23

He's 14-10 in Rangers Park (HR 1-12) with 30 longballs, 4.09/1.23; nice 3/1 K/BB ratio. Hes better than BOTH Brad Penny & Tim Hudson. Huddy was allowing .310+ avg vs BOTH RHs & LHs so I dumped him midseason. Lackey is a keeper!

Name T End. W L IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WHIP
Lackey R S7*14 10 211 200 100 96 59 177 30 4.09 1.23
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Seems to me that most of the $6 mil + SP*'s are overpriced .

Peavy is worth it, but hes about it...

Sabbathia sucks....Sheilds sucks,Beckett is ok...

Much better values in the $3-5 mil range ( Haren, Garland)

Peavy is very overpriced.

There will always be examples of plus $6 SP's doing well, but for the most part have to agree, all are overpriced, the worse being Santana, who I've seen do well in maybe 2 leagues so far. The other 15 or so he's performed no better than slightly (if at all) above the league average for ERA.

I picked Lackey up from another team, where he bombed, then he proceeded to tank with me. I released him before the end of the season.