Jeff Bagwell arrives with a $15.6 million dollar insurance tag on his head if he can’t play
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Jeff Bagwell arrives with a $15.6 million dollar insurance tag on his head if he can’t play

ByTom

2006 – It’s normally not news when a player shows up for spring training but that’s not true this time for Jeff Bagwell. The first baseman arrives with a $15.6 million dollar insurance tag on his head if he can’t play. Bagwell insists he’ll play despite an arthritic right shoulder that required surgery the previous year. He fields grounders and hits in light drills the first day and talks briefly with owner Drayton McLane. 

Montreal Expos president Claude Brochu blasts Jeff Bagwell’s new seven-year $47 million dollar contract
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Montreal Expos president Claude Brochu blasts Jeff Bagwell’s new seven-year $47 million dollar contract

ByTom

1994 – Montreal Expos president Claude Brochu blasts Jeff Bagwell’s new seven-year $47 million dollar contract, calling the move “a mistake” by owner Drayton McLane. The players strike is still ongoing and the move is seen as counterproductive to labor talks while McLane announces that, in spite of Bagwell’s new deal, he will be forced to cut payroll for the ballclub next season.