| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| D. Lee | 1B | $11,942,857 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| P. Martinez | SP | $7,871,429 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| T. Hafner | 1B | $3,514,286 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| A. Pujols | 1B | $3,085,714 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Tejada | SS | $2,950,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| B. Ryan | CL | $2,421,429 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Cabrera | LF | $2,178,571 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| V. Guerrero | RF | $1,328,571 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| A. Jones | CF | $1,128,571 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| G. Sheffield | RF | $935,714 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| C. Carpenter | SP | $764,286 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| J. Kent | 2B | $642,857 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| R. Clemens | SP | $585,714 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| D. Willis | SP | $492,857 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| T. Glaus | 3B | $350,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Ramirez | LF | $350,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| J. Smoltz | SP | $350,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| R. Halladay | SP | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Piazza | C | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| C. Cordero | CL | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| D. Jeter | SS | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| B. Wagner | CL | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| V. Martinez | C | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
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