| Player | Salary | | Al Alburquerque | $495,000 | | Alex Avila | $510,000 | | Collin Balester | $485,000 | | Duane Below | $482,000 | | Joaquin Benoit | $5,500,000 | | Brennan Boesch | $502,500 | | Miguel Cabrera | $21,000,000 | | Phil Coke | $1,100,000 | | Andy Dirks | $485,000 | | Octavio Dotel | $3,000,000 | | Prince Fielder | $23,000,000 | | Doug Fister | $507,500 | | Brandon Inge | $5,500,000 | | Austin Jackson | $500,000 | | Don Kelly | $900,000 | | Gerald Laird | $1,000,000 | | Luis Marte | $480,000 | | Victor Martinez | $13,000,000 | | Jhonny Peralta | $5,500,000 | | Rick Porcello | $3,100,000 | | Ryan Raburn | $2,100,000 | | Ramon Santiago | $2,100,000 | | Max Scherzer | $3,750,000 | | Daniel Schlereth | $490,000 | | Clete Thomas | $481,000 | | Jose Valverde | $9,000,000 | | Justin Verlander | $20,100,000 | | Danny Worth | $482,000 | | Delmon Young | $6,750,000 | | Career | $132,300,000 |
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