| Free Agents | ||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | AGE | STATUS | 2011 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | RANK | DOLLARS |
| Prince Fielder | 1B | 28 | Signed (A) | Milwaukee | Detroit | 9 | 1 | $214,000,000 |
| Albert Pujols | 1B | 32 | Signed (A) | St. Louis | LA Angels | 10 | 2 | $250,000,000 |
| Yu Darvish | SP | 25 | Signed | Japan | Texas | 6 | 3 | $60,000,000 |
| Jose Reyes | SS | 28 | Signed (A) | New York | Miami | 6 | 4 | $106,000,000 |
| Jimmy Rollins | SS | 33 | Signed (A) | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | 3 | 5 | $38,000,000 |
| Mark Buehrle | SP | 33 | Signed (A) | Chicago | Miami | 4 | 6 | $58,000,000 |
| Aramis Ramirez | 3B | 33 | Signed (A) | Chicago | Milwaukee | 3 | 7 | $36,000,000 |
| C.J. Wilson | SP | 31 | Signed | Texas | LA Angels | 5 | 8 | $77,500,000 |
| Carlos Beltran | RF | 35 | Signed (A) | San Francisco | St. Louis | 2 | 9 | $26,000,000 |
| Edwin Jackson | SP | 28 | Agreed | St. Louis | Washington | 1 | 11 | -- |
| PLAYER | POSITION | AGE | STATUS | 2011 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | RANK | DOLLARS |
| Javier Vazquez | SP | 35 | Free Agent | Florida | -- | 12 | -- | |
| Hiroki Kuroda | SP | 37 | Signed (B) | Los Angeles | NY Yankees | 1 | 13 | $10,000,000 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 34 | Signed | Chicago | Tampa Bay | 1 | 14 | $7,250,000 |
| Michael Cuddyer | RF | 33 | Signed (A) | Minnesota | Colorado | 3 | 15 | $31,500,000 |
| Ryan Madson | RP | 31 | Signed (A) | Philadelphia | Cincinnati | 1 | 16 | $8,500,000 |
| Jonathan Papelbon | RP | 31 | Signed (A) | Boston | Philadelphia | 4 | 18 | $50,000,058 |
| Josh Willingham | LF | 33 | Signed (A) | Oakland | Minnesota | 3 | 20 | $21,000,000 |
| David DeJesus | RF | 32 | Signed (B) | Oakland | Chicago Cubs | 2 | 21 | $10,000,000 |
| Roy Oswalt | SP | 34 | Free Agent (A) | Philadelphia | -- | 22 | -- | |
| Erik Bedard | SP | 33 | Signed | Boston | Pittsburgh | 1 | 23 | $4,500,000 |
| PLAYER | POSITION | AGE | STATUS | 2011 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | RANK | DOLLARS |
| Paul Maholm | SP | 29 | Signed | Pittsburgh | Chicago Cubs | 1 | 24 | $4,750,000 |
| Grady Sizemore | CF | 29 | Signed | Cleveland | Cleveland | 1 | 25 | $5,000,000 |
| Coco Crisp | LF | 32 | Signed | Oakland | Oakland | 2 | 26 | $14,000,000 |
| Johnny Damon | LF | 38 | Free Agent | Tampa Bay | -- | 27 | -- | |
| Ryan Doumit | C | 31 | Signed (B) | Pittsburgh | Minnesota | 1 | 29 | $3,000,000 |
| Aaron Hill | 2B | 30 | Signed (B) | Arizona | Arizona | 2 | 30 | $11,000,000 |
| Ronny Cedeno | SS | 29 | Signed | Pittsburgh | NY Mets | 1 | 31 | -- |
| Ramon Hernandez | C | 36 | Signed (B) | Cincinnati | Colorado | 2 | 32 | $6,400,000 |
| Bartolo Colon | SP | 39 | Agreed | New York | Oakland | 1 | 33 | $900,000 |
| Bruce Chen | SP | 34 | Signed (B) | Kansas City | Kansas City | 2 | 34 | $9,000,000 |
| PLAYER | POSITION | AGE | STATUS | 2011 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | RANK | DOLLARS |
| Jeff Francis | SP | 31 | Signed | Kansas City | Cincinnati | 1 | 35 | Minor Lg |
| Freddy Garcia | SP | 35 | Signed | New York | NY Yankees | 1 | 36 | $4,000,000 |
| Andruw Jones | LF | 35 | Signed | New York | NY Yankees | 1 | 37 | $2,000,000 |
| Rafael Furcal | SS | 34 | Signed | St. Louis | St. Louis | 2 | 38 | $14,000,000 |
| Cody Ross | LF | 31 | Signed (B) | San Francisco | Boston | 1 | 39 | $3,000,000 |
| Heath Bell | RP | 34 | Signed (A) | San Diego | Miami | 3 | 40 | $27,000,000 |
| Jason Kubel | LF | 30 | Signed (B) | Minnesota | Arizona | 2 | 41 | $15,000,000 |
| Joe Nathan | RP | 37 | Signed | Minnesota | Texas | 2 | 42 | $14,500,000 |
| Jim Thome | 1B | 41 | Signed | Cleveland | Philadelphia | 1 | 43 | $1,250,000 |
| Francisco Cordero | RP | 37 | Signed (B) | Cincinnati | Toronto | 1 | 44 | $4,500,000 |
| PLAYER | POSITION | AGE | STATUS | 2011 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | RANK | DOLLARS |
| Frank Francisco | RP | 32 | Signed (B) | Toronto | NY Mets | 2 | 46 | $12,000,000 |
| J.D. Drew | RF | 36 | Free Agent | Boston | -- | 47 | -- | |
| Chien-Ming Wang | SP | 32 | Signed | Washington | Washington | 1 | 50 | $4,000,000 |