| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| R. Yount | SS | $18,250,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 15 years |
| F. Pastore | SP | $14,500,000 | 1990 | 3 years left | | 9 years |
| L. Whitaker | 2B | $10,000,000 | 1990 | 3 years left | | 12 years |
| M. Dilone | LF | $7,250,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 14 years |
| B. Walk | SP | $6,750,000 | 1990 | 3 years left | | 9 years |
| P. Putnam | 1B | $4,750,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Extension signed. | 11 years |
| D. Evans | 3B | $3,790,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Extension signed. | 19 years |
| W. Randolph | 2B | $3,250,000 | 1989 | 2 years left | | 12 years |
| B. Ruggiero | CF | $2,692,857 | 1988 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| G. Matthews | RF | $2,600,000 | 1989 | 2 years left | | 15 years |
| R. Cassidy | CF | $2,400,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| D. Quisenberry | CL | $2,360,000 | 1989 | 2 years left | | 10 years |
| B. Bochte | 1B | $2,170,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Extension signed. | 14 years |
| C. Leibrandt | SP | $2,000,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| R. Hassey | C | $1,520,000 | 1989 | 2 years left | | 11 years |
| T. Tellmann | SP | $1,250,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| R. Martz | MR | $1,000,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000), could become Free Agent with 136 more days of service this year. | 5 years |
| R. Mason | SP | $350,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000) | 3 years |
| E. Miller | CF | $350,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000) | 3 years |
| J. Kerrigan | MR | $350,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000) | 3 years |
| R. Cummins | MR | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| G. Mathews | SP | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration, 37 more days of service needed this year. | 2 years |
| C. Cary | MR | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $360,000) | 3 years |
| T. Niedenfuer | MR | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $340,000) | 3 years |
| D. Plesac | SP | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Wynne | CF | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $360,000) | 3 years |
| B. Brown | CF | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| S. Ontiveros | MR | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration, 94 more days of service needed this year. | 2 years |
| D. Buice | MR | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| T. Jones | LF | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| C. Snyder | RF | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| C. Christiansen | MR | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration, 134 more days of service needed this year. | 2 years |
| C. Willis | MR | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000) | 3 years |
| B. Bohl | MR | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| C. Bosio | SP | $300,000 | 1988 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| J. Buhner | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Robbins | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| W. Ritchie | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| T. Crawford | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| E. Starling | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| L. Moss | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Ainge | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| B. Sprowl | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 2 years |
| R. Samuels | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Debaucher | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Simpson | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Barnard | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Gerber | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Peņalver | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Amis | CL | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Deaton | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| S. Chafin | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| T. Blocker | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Henson | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| V. Hall | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Banfield | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Lake | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Jones | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Abner | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Cox | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Hayes | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| A. Pelayo | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Covington | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Harris | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Tingley | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| O. Nixon | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Hammons | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| K. Manz | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| P. Middleton | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| G. Sularz | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 2 years |
| D. Green | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Giles | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Gonzalez | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Holt | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| S. Gonzales | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Brumley | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Lewis | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| T. Foley | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. De Borde | CL | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| S. Davisson | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Martin | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| V. Phipps | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| N. Bellic | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Turpitude | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| S. Bartman | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Rodas | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| K. Mitchell | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Russell | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| W. Tejada | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| A. Noto | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Mathis | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| A. Gold | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Bielecki | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| W. Rowdon | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Leeper | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
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