| Rank | Name | Pos | Team | Salary Diff |
| 1 | Vladimir Guerrero | DH | FA | $-30 |
| 2 | Felix Hernandez | P | SEA | $-24 |
| 3 | Ubaldo Jimenez | P | CLE | $-23 |
| 4 | Josh Johnson | P | MIA | $-22 |
| 5 | Hanley Ramirez | SS | MIA | $-22 |
| 6 | Joe Mauer | C | MIN | $-21 |
| 7 | Bobby Abreu | DH/OF | LAA | $-21 |
| 8 | Joe Nathan | P | TEX | $-20 |
| 9 | David Wright | 3B | NYM | $-20 |
| 10 | Grady Sizemore | OF | CLE | $-19 |
| 11 | Justin Morneau | 1B | MIN | $-19 |
| 12 | Brian Roberts | 2B | BAL | $-18 |
| 13 | Carl Crawford | OF | BOS | $-18 |
| 14 | Shin-Soo Choo | OF | CLE | $-18 |
| 15 | Casey McGehee | 3B | PIT | $-18 |
| 16 | Joakim Soria | P | KC | $-17 |
| 17 | Clay Buchholz | P | BOS | $-17 |
| 18 | Alex Rios | OF | CHW | $-17 |
| 19 | Matt Thornton | P | CHW | $-17 |
| 20 | Francisco Rodriguez | P | LAA | $-17 |
| 21 | Brian Duensing | P | MIN | $-16 |
| 22 | Adam LaRoche | 1B | WSH | $-16 |
| 23 | Chone Figgins | 3B | SEA | $-16 |
| 24 | Magglio Ordonez | OF/DH | FA | $-16 |
| 25 | Roy Oswalt | P | FA | $-16 |
| 26 | Tsuyoshi Nishioka | SS | MIN | $-16 |
| 27 | Buster Posey | C | SF | $-16 |
| 28 | Andrew Bailey | P | BOS | $-16 |
| 29 | John Danks | P | CHW | $-16 |
| 30 | J.A. Happ | P | HOU | $-15 |
| 31 | Jason Heyward | OF | ATL | $-15 |
| 32 | Denard Span | OF | MIN | $-15 |
| 33 | Chris Coghlan | OF | MIA | $-15 |
| 34 | Rafael Furcal | SS | STL | $-15 |
| 35 | Ryan Dempster | P | CHC | $-15 |
| 36 | Jayson Werth | OF | WSH | $-14 |
| 37 | Jorge Posada | DH | FA | $-14 |
| 38 | Adam Dunn | DH/1B | CHW | $-14 |
| 39 | Brett Anderson | P | OAK | $-14 |
| 40 | Ryan Zimmerman | 3B | WSH | $-13 |
| 41 | Manny Ramirez | DH | FA | $-13 |
| 42 | Andres Torres | OF | NYM | $-13 |
| 43 | Brad Hawpe | 1B | TEX | $-13 |
| 44 | Mike Gonzalez | P | FA | $-13 |
| 45 | Derek Jeter | SS | NYY | $-13 |
| 46 | Miguel Tejada | 3B/SS | FA | $-13 |
| 47 | Johnny Damon | DH | FA | $-13 |
| 48 | J.D. Drew | OF | FA | $-13 |
| 49 | Ryan Franklin | P | FA | $-13 |
| 50 | Scott Rolen | 3B | CIN | $-12 |