| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| B. Wickman | CL | $7,000,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 11 years |
| B. Brown | RF | $4,700,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| J. Burnitz | CF | $4,566,666 | 2005 | 2 years left | | 8 years |
| R. Sexson | 1B | $4,028,571 | 2004 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| F. Crespo | 2B | $3,792,857 | 2004 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| J. Drew | LF | $2,928,571 | 2004 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $4,030,000) | 4 years |
| F. Tatis | 3B | $1,971,429 | 2004 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $1,340,000), could become Free Agent with 18 more days of service this year. | 5 years |
| D. Jackson | 2B | $1,600,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $980,000) | 4 years |
| N. Weber | MR | $1,314,286 | 2004 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| F. Catalanotto | 2B | $780,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| M. Grissom | CF | $777,878 | 2005 | 2 years left | | 14 years |
| J. Flaherty | C | $450,000 | 2005 | 2 years left | | 11 years |
| L. Hernandez | SP | $350,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000) | 4 years |
| E. Wilson | SS | $350,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000) | 4 years |
| M. Lopez | SS | $350,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000) | 3 years |
| A. Newman | MR | $350,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000), could become Free Agent with 130 more days of service this year. | 5 years |
| L. Vizcaino | MR | $350,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000), could become Free Agent with 172 more days of service this year. | 5 years |
| C. Guillen | 3B | $350,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $300,000) | 3 years |
| S. Kim | MR | $300,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| M. Buehrle | SP | $300,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| N. Robertson | SP | $300,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| L. Estrella | MR | $300,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| S. Chacon | SP | $300,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| K. Stinnett | C | $300,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration, 82 more days of service needed this year. | 2 years |
| J. Robertson | MR | $300,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration, 29 more days of service needed this year. | 2 years |
| J. Towers | SP | $300,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration, 32 more days of service needed this year. | 2 years |
| J. Cust | LF | $300,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| D. Turnbow | MR | $300,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $1,020,000) | 3 years |
| L. Matos | CF | $300,000 | 2004 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| R. Soriano | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Chavez | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Hart | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Perisho | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Eckstein | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| G. Lombard | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Howard | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Mendez | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Hurst | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| E. Owens | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| B. Crosby | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Tsao | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| G. Gil | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| F. Santos | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| K. Dransfeldt | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| S. Camp | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Rakers | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Alvarez | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Harden | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Cradle | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| T. Hughes | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Keppinger | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| S. Schoeneweis | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 2 years |
| L. Kensing | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Mota | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Vargas | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| I. Villegas | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Smith | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| E. Ramos | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| O. Salazar | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Pearson | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Robbins | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| T. Van poppel | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| K. Cash | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| K. Pickford | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| F. Rodriguez | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| K. Lacy | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
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