| East | W | L | Pct | GB |
| NY Yankees | 103 | 59 | .636 | -- |
| Boston | 95 | 67 | .586 | 8.0 |
| Tampa Bay | 84 | 78 | .519 | 19.0 |
| Toronto | 75 | 87 | .463 | 28.0 |
| Baltimore | 64 | 98 | .395 | 39.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| J.D. Drew | RF | 33 | $ 14,000,000 | 31 | ||
| David Ortiz | DH | 33 | $ 13,000,000 | 41 | ||
| Mike Lowell | 3B | 35 | $ 12,500,000 | 47 | ||
| Josh Beckett | P | 29 | $ 11,166,666 | 72 | ||
| Billy Wagner | P | 37 | $ 10,500,000 | 74 | ||
| Julio Lugo | SS-3B | 33 | $ 9,250,000 | 94 | ||
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | P | 28 | $ 8,333,333 | |||
| Jason Bay | LF | 30 | $ 7,800,000 | |||
| Adam LaRoche | 1B | 29 | $ 7,050,000 | |||
| Jonathan Papelbon | P | 28 | $ 6,250,000 | |||
| Kevin Youkilis | 3B | 30 | $ 6,250,000 | |||
| Victor Martinez | DH | 30 | $ 5,900,000 | |||
| John Smoltz | P | 42 | $ 5,500,000 | |||
| Alex Gonzalez | SS | 32 | $ 5,375,000 | |||
| Brad Penny | P | 31 | $ 5,000,000 | |||
| Jason Varitek | C | 37 | $ 5,000,000 | |||
| Tim Wakefield | P | 42 | $ 4,000,000 | |||
| Casey Kotchman | 1B | 26 | $ 2,885,000 | |||
| Hideki Okajima | P | 33 | $ 1,750,000 | |||
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 25 | $ 1,750,000 | |||
| Mark Kotsay | LF | 33 | $ 1,500,000 | |||
| Takashi Saito | P | 39 | $ 1,500,000 | |||
| Javier Lopez | P | 31 | $ 1,350,000 | |||
| Jon Lester | P | 25 | $ 1,000,000 | |||
| Joey Gathright | CF | 27 | $ 800,000 | |||
| Nick Green | 2B-SS | 30 | $ 550,000 | |||
| Rocco Baldelli | CF | 27 | $ 500,000 | |||
| Manny Delcarmen | P | 27 | $ 476,000 | |||
| Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 25 | $ 449,500 | |||
| Ramon Ramirez | P | 27 | $ 441,000 | |||
| Brian Anderson | P | 27 | $ 440,000 | |||
| Justin Masterson | P | 24 | $ 415,500 | |||
| Jed Lowrie | SS | 25 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Chris Carter | LF-RF | 26 | $ 400,000 | |||
| George Kottaras | C | 26 | $ 400,000 | |||
| Jon Van Every | OF | 29 | $ 400,000 |