2023 Stats: 32 GS, 3.39 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 66 BB, 200 K, 193.2 IP, 3.6 WAR

That's the amount the Milwaukee Brewers saved when they decided to nickel-and-dime ace Corbin Burnes in arbitration last offseason, and in the process they likely eliminated any chances of signing him to a long-term deal by fracturing that relationship.

"You kind of find out your true value,'' Burnes told reporters after the arbitration hearing. "You think you work hard for seven years in the organization, and five years with the big league team, and you get in there and basically they value you much different than what you thought you'd contributed to the organization. They won it. But when it came down to winning or losing the hearing, it was more than that for me.''