| Central | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Detroit | 88 | 74 | .543 | -- |
| Chi White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3.0 |
| KC Royals | 72 | 90 | .444 | 16.0 |
| Cleveland | 68 | 94 | .420 | 20.0 |
| Minnesota | 66 | 96 | .407 | 22.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Joe Mauer | C-DH | 29 | $ 23,000,000 | 6 | ||
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 31 | $ 15,000,000 | 36 | ||
| Carl Pavano | P | 36 | $ 9,000,000 | 96 | ||
| Josh Willingham | LF | 33 | $ 7,000,000 | |||
| Francisco Liriano | P | 28 | $ 5,500,000 | |||
| Nick Blackburn | P | 30 | $ 4,750,000 | |||
| Matt Capps | P | 28 | $ 4,500,000 | |||
| Ryan Doumit | C-DH | 31 | $ 3,000,000 | |||
| Denard Span | CF | 28 | $ 3,000,000 | |||
| Jamey Carroll | 2B-3B | 38 | $ 2,750,000 | |||
| Glen Perkins | P | 29 | $ 1,550,000 | |||
| Alexi Casilla | 2B | 27 | $ 1,382,500 | |||
| Jared Burton | P | 31 | $ 750,000 | |||
| Sean Burroughs | 1B | 31 | $ 525,000 | |||
| Brian Duensing | P | 29 | $ 515,000 | |||
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 27 | $ 515,000 | |||
| Ben Revere | RF-CF | 24 | $ 492,500 | |||
| Alex Burnett | P | 24 | $ 490,000 | |||
| Anthony Swarzak | P | 26 | $ 487,500 | |||
| Jeff Gray | P | 30 | $ 485,000 | |||
| Luke Hughes | 2B | 27 | $ 485,000 | |||
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 26 | $ 485,000 | |||
| Matt Maloney | P | 28 | $ 482,500 | |||
| Clete Thomas | CF | 28 | $ 481,000 | |||
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B-2B | 23 | $ 480,000 | |||
| Liam Hendriks | P | 23 | $ 480,000 | |||
| Erik Komatsu | LF-CF | 24 | $ 480,000 | |||
| Chris Parmelee | 1B | 24 | $ 480,000 | |||
| Kyle Waldrop | P | 26 | $ 480,000 |