How great have the Starters been?

A little while ago, Jeff Sackmann of the Hardball Times, wrote an article examining the ERA of pitchers and their position, #1 or #2 and so on. Here is what he found from 2006.

Al averages
#1 - 3.70
#2 - 4.24
#3 - 4.58
#4 - 5.09
#5 - 6.22

Boston 2006
#1 - 3.84
#2 - 4.54
#3 - 4.92
#4 - 5.15
#5 - 6.95

Boston 2007
Beckett - 3.07
Dice-K - 4.01
Schilling - 4.20
Wakefield - 4.52
Tavarez - 4.60

To sum up those numbers, Boston is CRUSHING them. At every spot they are fair exceeding last years performance and the league averages. If they can keep these numbers up, it will be nearly impossible for any team to catch they, including the Yankees. That type of consistency is extremely hard to overcome.