| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| P. Underwood | SP | $7,500,000 | 1989 | 4 years left | | 5 years |
| L. Mazzilli | CF | $5,500,000 | 1989 | 4 years left | | 6 years |
| O. Smith | SS | $5,250,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| J. Verhoeven | MR | $4,500,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| J. Mumphrey | CF | $4,000,000 | 1987 | 2 years left | | 11 years |
| N. Nyman | LF | $3,600,000 | 1988 | 3 years left | | 6 years |
| K. Young | SP | $3,550,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| T. Phillips | 2B | $3,364,286 | 1986 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $2,200,000) | 3 years |
| R. Baldwin | CL | $2,800,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| J. Medina | SP | $2,500,000 | 1989 | 4 years left | | 9 years |
| E. Sosa | MR | $2,300,000 | 1988 | 3 years left | | 9 years |
| G. Allenson | C | $2,000,000 | 1988 | 3 years left | | 6 years |
| W. Aikens | 1B | $1,250,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| R. Hodges | C | $850,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 11 years |
| L. Dierker | SP | $500,000 | 1987 | 2 years left | | 21 years |
| J. Orta | SS | $500,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| B. Bonds | RF | $410,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 17 years |
| J. Ray | 3B | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| W. Joyner | 1B | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| R. Niemann | MR | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| R. Darling | SP | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| J. Lentine | RF | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| M. Seoane | MR | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration | 2 years |
| Z. Smith | SP | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| L. Monroe | MR | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration | 2 years |
| J. Pacella | MR | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration | 2 years |
| L. Smith | LF | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration | 2 years |
| W. Backman | 2B | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Eichhorn | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Navarro | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| G. Brock | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| P. Clements | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Seilheimer | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| J. Sellers | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Bordi | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| R. Howell | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 5 years |
| D. Powell | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Webster | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| A. Rincon | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| R. Myers | CL | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Brantley | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Davis | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| R. Mata | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Twitty | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| B. Fisher | CL | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Jones | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| R. Vasquez | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| T. Laudner | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| K. Bell | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| S. Munninghoff | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| E. Bell | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Meacham | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| K. Elster | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Bourjos | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| R. Harris | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| A. Sanchez | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Ives | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Craig | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 2 years |
| J. Tibbs | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Willis | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| L. Rothschild | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| K. Downs | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Jones | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| E. King | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Mitchell | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Loynd | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Cook | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Sauveur | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Rodriguez | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| W. Fraser | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
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