Over the past three seasons, Corbin Burnes has evolved into one of the most dominant pitchers in the game. But his mood at the start of the Brewers’ spring training on Thursday struck a more disgruntled tone following a less than pleasant arbitration hearing with the only team he’s ever known.
Milwaukee won its hearing against Burnes, meaning the 2021 National League Cy Young Award winner will make $10.01 million in ’23. Burnes and his camp had asked for $10.75 million, per MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. In the wake of the hearing, Burnes said he left the experience with a disappointing feeling about how his team values him, taking particular issue with what he felt was “disrespectful” conduct from the Brewers.
“You kind of find out your true value. You work hard for seven years in an 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 contributed to the organization,” Burnes said. “Obviously, it’s tough to hear, it’s tough to take. They’re trying to do what they can to win the hearing. But, I think there was obviously other ways that they could have gone about it, and probably been a little more respectful with the way they went about it. At the end of the day, here we are. They won it.”
