In an interview with USA Today, David Ortiz called last year's arbitration process "humiliating" and "embarrassing" and said that once he hits free agency, he'll be "open to anything."
"It was humiliating," Ortiz said. "There's no reason a guy like me should go through that. All I was looking for was two years, at the same salary.
"They ended up giving me 2.025 million more than that, and look at my numbers this year. Tell me if they wouldn't have been better off.
"And yet they don't hesitate to sign other guys. It was embarrassing."
CSNNE's Sean McAdam says that Red Sox Nation may not have heard the end of Ortiz's gripe. While Ortiz continues to put up great numbers, he is growing angrier and angrier with his contract status.