| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Note | Years in Majors |
| K. Brown | SP | $6,500,000 | 1998 | 3 years left | | 10 years |
| C. Snyder | DH | $6,500,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| D. Martinez | RF | $5,000,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Extension signed. | 8 years |
| M. King | SP | $4,220,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| T. Macha | MR | $4,000,000 | 1997 | 2 years left | | 8 years |
| L. Domingo | CL | $3,750,000 | 1997 | 2 years left | | 9 years |
| D. Greathouse | MR | $3,500,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| D. Gakeler | SP | $3,478,571 | 1996 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $2,980,000) | 4 years |
| K. Fillmore | MR | $2,500,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 13 years |
| J. O'Donoghue | SP | $2,234,286 | 1996 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $2,510,000) | 4 years |
| C. Finley | MR | $1,540,000 | 1997 | 2 years left | | 10 years |
| R. Wilkins | C | $1,378,571 | 1996 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 5 years |
| D. Hansen | 1B | $1,022,857 | 1996 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $550,000) | 4 years |
| D. Schofield | 2B | $1,000,000 | 1998 | 3 years left | | 7 years |
| E. Garica | C | $900,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| G. Jimenez | SP | $750,000 | 1998 | 3 years left | | 4 years |
| T. Synder | SS | $750,000 | 1997 | 2 years left | | 11 years |
| L. Faedo | LF | $750,000 | 1997 | 2 years left | | 13 years |
| S. Jefferson | CF | $750,000 | 1998 | 3 years left | | 9 years |
| D. O'Connell | SS | $750,000 | 1998 | 3 years left | | 11 years |
| E. Plantenberg | MR | $608,571 | 1996 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $1,010,000) | 3 years |
| M. Barrett | 3B | $500,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| P. Guerrero | LF | $500,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 16 years |
| S. Bustos | 3B | $500,000 | 1997 | 2 years left | | 10 years |
| J. Machado | MR | $300,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $780,000) | 4 years |
| S. Rolen | 3B | $300,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| A. Reynoso | MR | $300,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Hampton | SP | $300,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $1,150,000) | 2 years |
| S. Livingstone | CF | $300,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| T. Wendell | MR | $300,000 | 1996 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $780,000) | 2 years |
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