Pitching is more valuable than hitting if you are 12-20 when Beckett and Lester start. Those guys should be winning the 2-1, 3-2, 4-3 games. They're not.
If they were 16-16 in their starts they would be in possesion of the 5th playoff spot.
If the Sox were 20-12 when Lester or Beckett start (which they should be) the Redsox would be in second place, and only 1.5 games back of the Yankees.
Tells you just how much those two have let us down.