Braves pick arbitration fight with key reliever over absurdly small margin

MLB: SEP 21 Braves at Tigers | Icon Sportswire/GettyImagesWith the passing of the arbitration figure deadline, we get to see roughly how much players are expected to get paid next season. Most of the time, players and teams settle on contracts ahead of time and the arbitration ends up being an afterthought. However, sometimes the two sides have to go to an arbitration hearing. As the Atlanta Braves are about to find out again, these sorts of arbitration battles can be over what appear to be very small differences in money (relatively speaking).

Since 2021, Dylan Lee has been an important part of the Braves' bullpen. While most of the high leverage innings have gone elsewhere, Lee presence as…