Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz wants to avoid an arbitration hearing and get a multiyear deal, but has left it up "to the agents and the team to deal with it" while he concentrates on getting ready for spring training. Ortiz, who took time out Saturday to speak to the top 50 16-year-old prospects from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela playing in an MLB-sponsored showcase series, said that he would still rather have a multiyear deal, but as far as seeing a ray of hope of getting it, he simply said: "not yet." "I’m just working hard and working out to get ready for the spring. I really would like to get this over with so that we don’t have to go in front of the judge and I can stop having to talk about this," Ortiz said. Read more: http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story...-says-wants-multiyear-contract-boston-red-sox
