| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| B. Allard | SP | $25,788,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| C. Washington | LF | $11,500,000 | 1990 | 3 years left | | 14 years |
| G. South | C | $11,000,000 | 1989 | 2 years left | | 7 years |
| A. Davis | 1B | $9,742,857 | 1988 | 1 years left | Extension signed. | 4 years |
| M. Clear | CL | $9,000,000 | 1992 | 5 years left | | 9 years |
| G. Luzinski | LF | $7,500,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 18 years |
| L. Parrish | 3B | $7,000,000 | 1989 | 2 years left | | 15 years |
| D. Martinez | SP | $6,500,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Extension signed. | 12 years |
| L. Herndon | LF | $4,000,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 11 years |
| R. Gale | SP | $3,130,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Extension signed. | 11 years |
| F. Manrique | SS | $2,685,714 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $3,360,000) | 4 years |
| R. Seilheimer | C | $1,278,571 | 1988 | 1 years left | Extension signed. | 6 years |
| D. Rohn | 2B | $572,143 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000) | 4 years |
| M. Fidrych | SP | $460,000 | 1989 | 2 years left | | 10 years |
| J. Riley | 2B | $350,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000) | 4 years |
| R. Kuntz | LF | $350,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000), could become Free Agent with 55 more days of service this year. | 5 years |
| B. Ramos | C | $350,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000) | 3 years |
| J. Vega | 1B | $350,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000), could become Free Agent with 105 more days of service this year. | 5 years |
| W. Weiss | SS | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| R. Watkins | SS | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| I. Henderson | 3B | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| S. Garrelts | MR | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| B. Wegman | SP | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| B. Ledford | MR | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000) | 3 years |
| B. Hatcher | LF | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Freeman | SP | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| K. Dixon | SP | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration, 124 more days of service needed this year. | 2 years |
| R. Dibble | CL | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| P. Bargo | SP | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration, 81 more days of service needed this year. | 2 years |
| B. Wilkinson | SP | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| H. Winningham | LF | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration, 62 more days of service needed this year. | 2 years |
| B. Newman | RF | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $1,620,000) | 3 years |
| G. Cadaret | MR | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| E. Burks | CF | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| W. Mills | C | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration, 151 more days of service needed this year. | 2 years |
| A. Maniscalco | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| K. Sedillo | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Rutan | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| R. Ames | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Gilbert | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Jones | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| G. Manzella | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| P. Petro | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Ely | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Childress | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| A. Chambers | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Yett | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| S. Viga | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Wardle | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Weaver | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Andrade | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 2 years |
| R. O'Neal | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Gonzalez | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| S. Parrish | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| A. Partida | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| L. Pachanga | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Gomez | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Lancellotti | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| T. Brewer | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. McMurtry | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| T. Bryden | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Roenicke | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 2 years |
| J. Hubbs | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| U. Heredia | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Johnson | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| D. Meads | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Davis | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Ortiz | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| A. Palacios | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| N. Hawthorne | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Gonzalez | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| L. Alicea | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Lemke | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| N. Miller | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| L. Blankenship | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| G. Torre | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 2 years |
| T. Clark | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
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