Phil Hughes has agreed to a three-year, $42 million contract extension with the Minnesota Twins.

The right-hander will make $9.2 million in 2015 and 2016 and earn base salaries of $13.2 million from 2017 to 2019.

The deal includes a limited no-trade clause and a chance to make $1 million in performance bonuses over the life of the contract.

It overwrites the final two years and $16 million remaining on his current contract.

The Minnesota Twins are close to finalizing an agreement on a four-year, $54 million deal with Ervin Santana, according to a report.

The deal is believed to include a vesting option for a fifth season.

The New York Mets are discussing Dillon Gee with as many as six clubs.

The Texas Rangers have talked with the Mets about the right-hander, but nothing is close.

The Colorado Rockies, Minnesota Twins and San Francisco Giants have also been linked to Gee.

Torii Hunter scolded a beat reporter during a news conference on Wednesday to announce his one-year deal with the Minnesota Twins.

The outfielder called the journalist a derogatory word four times near the end of the media session.

A beat reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer-Press asked Hunter about his endorsement of Arkansas Republican Governor-elect Asa Hutchinson in the context of Hutchinson's views and stance opposing same-sex marriage and how that may have affected the veteran's free-agency hunt.

"Hey Mike is kind of a p---k huh? No, seriously, you're a p---k, man," Hunter said. "I don't even know you. You're a p---k. Seriously. Ain't nothing wrong with that man, that's your job. He's definitely a p---k, though."

In a statement later released to a local TV station, the reporter, Mike Berardino, said in part that he was only trying to give Hunter a chance to answer his critics.

"Regardless, I consider the unfortunate matter closed and I look forward to covering Mr. Hunter throughout the 2015 baseball season," Berardino said in the statement.

The Minnesota Twins have agreed to a one-year, $10.5 million deal with Torii Hunter.

The contract brings the outfielder back to where his Major League career began.

He was being pursued by the Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles.