I'm not one to look at only the previous season to form my expectations for the season, and at the time, I did not think the 2012 rotation was as bad as their numbers showed they were.
28 Lester
32 Beckett
33 Lackey (missed 2012)
27 Buch
24 Doubront
31 Dice-K
added Dempster, who I was not too thrilled about.
I know it's hard to keep hindsight out of the equation, but I think that rotation was stronger than this one is.