David Ortiz is scheduled to have an arbitration hearing with the Red Sox soon, but he is still hopeful that it can be avoided. Ortiz is looking for a multiyear deal. "We are working on that right now," he said. "Hopefully, we will get to an agreement so we don't have to go in front of the judge." If the two sides do go to arbitration, the judges will need to decide between the $12.65 million the Red Sox have offered and the $16.5 million that Ortiz would like to be paid.