The Twins are in negotiations with one-time backstop A.J. Pierzynski, while Robinson Cano and the Yankees remain about $80 million apart in contract talks, according to reports.

Monday is the last day for teams to offer — or tender — contracts to arbitration-eligible players, and it comes just a week before the Hot Stove season’s main event: the Winter Meetings.

It doesn’t happen at a ballpark, but Cyber Monday has become its own phenomenon within the world of Major League Baseball these days. It figures to be a record-shattering day at the MLB.com Shop, where you can buy one item and get another of equal or lesser value at half price.

The Red Sox have some business to take care of by the end of Monday, as 11:59 p.m. ET is the deadline for tendering 2014 contracts for all unsigned players on the roster.

The Cardinals entered the offseason with six arbitration-eligible players. Two — David Freese, Fernando Salas — have since been traded. Another (Rob Johnson) was taken off the 40-man roster last month. That leaves the Cardinals with three more tender decisions, all of which must be made by Monday’s 10:59 pm CT deadline. Outfielder Jon Jay and infielder Daniel Descalso are arbitration-eligible for the first time. Reliever John Axford is in his second year of arbitration eligibility.

Daric Barton’s future is among the decisions the Athletics face Monday in advance of the 8:59 p.m. PT deadline for Major League clubs to tender contract to their arbitration-eligible players.

Detroit has eight remaining arbitration-eligible players, who could collectively raise the team’s payroll by close to $15 million based on arbitration projections from MLBTradeRumors.com.

The Yankees have been active as they attempt to plug holes and upgrade their roster, and some of those early moves could trigger decisions in advance of Monday’s non-tender deadline. Catcher Chris Stewart and infielder Jayson Nix are among those on the bubble.

The Tigers might be one more bold move away from being baseball’s best team in 2014, and who would bet again Dave Dombrowski making it? Here’s guessing that trading Prince Fielder was the first of two deals the Tigers’ general manager has in mind.

The Rangers are expected to tender contracts to all of their arbitration-eligible players before Monday’s 10:59 p.m. CT deadline. Players who are not tendered contracts before that deadline will become free agents.

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. But with the White Sox already having had preliminary contractual talks with the catcher’s camp in an attempt to avoid arbitration, Flowers believes the odds are at least 50-50 — if not a little bit better.

The Cubs have nine arbitration-eligible players — with Darwin Barney, Luis Valbuena and Daniel Bard among them — as Monday’s deadline to tender them contracts approaches.

The Phillies fly south to Orlando, Fla., next Sunday for the Winter Meetings, but they have things to do beforehand. They have until 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday to offer contracts to their five players eligible for salary arbitration: right-hander Kyle Kendrick, center fielder Ben Revere, left-hander Antonio Bastardo, infielder Kevin Frandsen and outfielder John Mayberry Jr.

The Indians are expected to offer contracts to its main arbitration-eligible players, including Drew Stubbs, in advance of Monday’s non-tender deadline. Teams have until 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday night to tender contracts to any unsigned players on a 40-man roster, which includes those in line for raises through the arbitration process.

Brad Radke was never on the cover of Sports Illustrated. His teams in Minnesota never made it to the World Series. But unlike the last three seasons, playing against the Twins in those years was about as much fun as a basement flood. By signing Ricky Nolasco and Phil Hughes, that’s an experience that general manager Terry Ryan and manager Ron Gardenhire are committed to recreating.

Before Monday’s deadline, the Mets will tender contracts to most of the players in that eligible group, setting themselves up to exchange salary figures in early January and eventually agree to new contracts.

Rangers outfielder Engel Beltre went 4-for-5 with two RBIs, and Braves No. 3 prospect Christian Bethancourt went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs, as Licey beat Gigantes 12-9.