Getty Images FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal has been informed by sources that the Diamondbacks and catcher Miguel Montero are likely to require an arbitration hearing, scheduled for Tuesday morning.
Montero requested $6.8 million and was offered $5.4 million when arbitration figures were exchanged earlier this month. The two sides have been unable to find a middle ground in the weeks since, and that’s unlikely to change within the next few days.
Montero, 28, posted a .282/.351/.469 batting line with 18 home runs and 86 RBI in 140 games last season while earning $3.2 million as a second-year arbitration-eligible player. He’s currently on track to become a free agent after this year’s World Series.
