| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| A. Dawson | LF | $8,000,000 | 1989 | 4 years left | | 9 years |
| F. Tanana | SP | $7,500,000 | 1988 | 3 years left | | 12 years |
| P. Molitor | 3B | $5,500,000 | 1990 | 5 years left | | 6 years |
| G. Matthews | CF | $5,000,000 | 1987 | 2 years left | | 13 years |
| B. Knepper | SP | $5,000,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| E. Rodriguez | SP | $4,000,000 | 1988 | 3 years left | | 12 years |
| R. Oester | 2B | $2,500,000 | 1987 | 2 years left | | 7 years |
| P. Hartzell | MR | $2,000,000 | 1989 | 4 years left | | 9 years |
| S. Bedrosian | CL | $1,685,714 | 1986 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $1,070,000) | 4 years |
| D. Bergman | RF | $1,500,000 | 1988 | 3 years left | | 9 years |
| H. Washington | CF | $1,000,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $400,000) | 4 years |
| M. Patterson | SS | $720,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $400,000) | 4 years |
| T. Veryzer | 2B | $700,000 | 1989 | 4 years left | | 12 years |
| B. Cort | SP | $685,714 | 1986 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $1,450,000) | 4 years |
| D. Davis | LF | $650,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| D. Oliver | 2B | $600,000 | 1987 | 2 years left | | 8 years |
| J. Caneira | SP | $600,000 | 1988 | 3 years left | | 6 years |
| S. Trout | MR | $450,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $400,000) | 4 years |
| J. Clancy | SP | $450,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $400,000) | 4 years |
| M. Morgan | MR | $450,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $400,000) | 3 years |
| R. Pruitt | C | $450,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $400,000) | 4 years |
| F. Mcgriff | 1B | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| L. Anderson | MR | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $670,000) | 3 years |
| D. Beard | MR | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration | 2 years |
| D. Leiper | MR | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| M. Ross | MR | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| M. Nokes | C | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| M. Greenwell | RF | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| S. Buechele | 2B | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| B. Larkin | SS | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| D. Carman | SP | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| D. Spillner | MR | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| J. Reuss | MR | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 16 years |
| J. Sosa | SP | $400,000 | 1986 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| T. Ashford | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 5 years |
| R. Anderson | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| J. Reed | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| E. Williams | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Loman | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| W. Johnson | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| G. Mathews | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Traber | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| A. Moreno | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| R. Thomas | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| B. Boisclair | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 2 years |
| C. Eaton | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| O. Jones | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| L. Wolfe | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 4 years |
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