| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| B. Roberts | 2B | $3,935,714 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| A. Rodriguez | 3B | $3,792,857 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Rivera | CL | $2,635,714 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| D. Ortiz | 1B | $2,592,857 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| B. Abreu | RF | $2,592,857 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Young | SS | $1,757,143 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| J. Nathan | CL | $1,664,286 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| H. Matsui | LF | $1,328,571 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| J. Peavy | SP | $1,200,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| C. Floyd | LF | $1,128,571 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| A. Ramirez | 3B | $914,286 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| J. Varitek | C | $707,143 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| P. Burrell | LF | $707,143 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Teixeira | 1B | $600,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| J. Santana | SP | $557,143 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| E. Guardado | CL | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| J. Posada | C | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| L. Hernandez | SP | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| B. Colon | SP | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| C. Lee | LF | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Buehrle | SP | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| A. Soriano | 2B | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| F. Cordero | CL | $300,000 | 2005 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
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