Righthander Hughes next up to join Twins  —  Ex-Yankee Phil Hughes is expected to receive $24 million for three years from the Twins, who are also making progress to bring back A.J. Pierzynski.  —  The Twins are expected to announce the signing of free-agent righthander Phil Hughes to a three-year …

Royals face decisions before Monday's deadline for tendering contracts  —  Money talks.  Money always talks.  But it raises its voice Monday around Major League Baseball as clubs confront an 11 p.m. deadline Central time for offering contracts to all players under their control.

Cano, Yankees near $100 million off: sources  —  A near $100 million gulf separates offers made by Robinson Cano, seen here at a recent Knicks game, and the Yankees.  —  When it comes to asking prices and counteroffers, Robinson Cano still is shopping in Alex Rodriguez's neighborhood, an industry source told The Post.

Ben Cherington, Red Sox stick to plan while they can  —  The Red Sox' newfound model of limiting the length of contracts and picking up good-value players won Ben Cherington a World Series and the executive of the year award last month.  That was a no-brainer for a general manager …

Source: Mets eye Bronson Arroyo  —  NEW YORK — New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson plans to meet with right-hander Bronson Arroyo at the free-agent pitcher's Tampa, Fla., home during the upcoming week, a baseball source told ESPNNewYork.com.  —  Alderson, who has spent the holiday weekend …

Despite crowded outfield, Tribe likely to tender Stubbs  —  Masterson, Brantley, Pestano among others expected to receive contract offers  —  CLEVELAND — If three is a crowd, it's getting a little claustrophobic in right field for the Indians.  The recent addition of outfielder David …

Rockies owner Dick Monfort provides detailed look at team's budget, financial structure  —  ARTICLE COMMENTS  —  Is your comment not appearing on the article?  Read this.  —  Note: Our article pages automatically refresh every ten minutes.  We cannot change this.

Blue Jays To Sign Dioner Navarro  —  9:02am: Navarro's contract is pending a physical and will guarantee him $8MM over two years, according to Rosenthal (on Twitter).  —  8:32am: The Blue Jays have reached an agreement with catcher Dioner Navarro on a two-year deal, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (on Twitter).

Flowers hopes to stay planted behind plate in Chicago  —  Backstop believes the odds are at least 50-50 Sox will tender him a contract  —  CHICAGO — It's almost impossible for Tyler Flowers to make a completely accurate guess as to whether he'll be tendered a contract by the 10:59 p.m. CT deadline to do so on Monday night.

Joint drug program releases findings  —  Major League Baseball and the Major League Players Association put out their joint 2012-2013 Major League Baseball drug report.  —  Here's the transcript:  —  The report covers from the 2012 offseason to the end of the 2013 Major League Baseball post-season.