Both the Cardinals and Brewers will send an aging starter to the mound Sunday. The differences between the two and their contracts can be illustrative of each team's monetary efficiencies, or lack thereof.

After blowing a late lead Saturday, the Cardinals look to avoid the sweep Sunday in the series finale at 1:10 p.m.

The Brewers will start 36-year-old lefty Jose Quintana (11-6, 3.88 ERA), who was signed to a one-year, $4 million deal. Per baseball-reference, Quintana has been worth 1.4 wins above replacement, while Fangraphs has him at 0.7 WAR.

Given that the cost of each win on the open market is roughly $8 million , deals like Quintana's are how a small-market team like the Brewers can lead baseball in wins with a payroll that ranks 15th, according to Spotrac .

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