| Central | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Detroit | 95 | 67 | .586 | -- |
| Cleveland | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15.0 |
| Chi White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16.0 |
| KC Royals | 71 | 91 | .438 | 24.0 |
| Minnesota | 63 | 99 | .389 | 32.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Joakim Soria | P | 27 | $ 4,000,000 | |||
| Billy Butler | DH | 25 | $ 3,500,000 | |||
| Kyle Davies | P | 27 | $ 3,200,000 | |||
| Jeff Francoeur | RF | 27 | $ 2,500,000 | |||
| Bruce Chen | P | 34 | $ 2,000,000 | |||
| Jeff Francis | P | 30 | $ 2,000,000 | |||
| Luke Hochevar | P | 27 | $ 1,760,000 | |||
| Robinson Tejeda | P | 29 | $ 1,550,000 | |||
| Aaron Crow | P | 24 | $ 1,400,000 | |||
| Alex Gordon | LF | 27 | $ 1,400,000 | |||
| Melky Cabrera | LF | 26 | $ 1,250,000 | |||
| Wilson Betemit | 3B | 29 | $ 1,000,000 | |||
| Matt Treanor | C | 35 | $ 850,000 | |||
| Felipe Paulino | P | 27 | $ 790,000 | |||
| Felipe Paulino | P | 27 | $ 790,000 | |||
| Brayan Pena | C | 29 | $ 660,000 | |||
| Mike Aviles | SS | 30 | $ 640,000 | |||
| Mitch Maier | RF-CF | 29 | $ 459,000 | |||
| Chris Getz | 2B | 27 | $ 443,000 | |||
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 24 | $ 428,000 | |||
| Kanekoa Texeira | P | 25 | $ 426,000 | |||
| Sean O'Sullivan | P | 23 | $ 420,500 | |||
| Kila Ka'aihue | 1B | 27 | $ 419,000 | |||
| Yamaico Navarro | 3B | 23 | $ 416,000 | |||
| Jeremy Jeffress | P | 23 | $ 414,500 | |||
| Nathan Adcock | P | 23 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 25 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Jesse Chavez | P | 27 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Louis Coleman | P | 25 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Tim Collins | P | 21 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Danny Duffy | P | 22 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 26 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Johnny Giavotella | 2B | 23 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Kelvin Herrera | P | 21 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Greg Holland | P | 25 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 21 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Vincent Mazzaro | P | 24 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Luis Mendoza | P | 27 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 22 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Yamaico Navarro | 3B | 23 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Salvador Perez | C | 21 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Manuel Pina | C | 24 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Everett Teaford | P | 27 | $ 414,000 | |||
| Blake Wood | P | 25 | $ 414,000 |