| Free Agents | ||||||||
| PLAYER | POSITION | AGE | STATUS | 2011 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | RANK | DOLLARS |
| Yu Darvish | SP | 25 | Signed | Japan | Texas | 6 | 3 | $60,000,000 |
| Mark Buehrle | SP | 33 | Signed (A) | Chicago | Miami | 4 | 6 | $58,000,000 |
| C.J. Wilson | SP | 31 | Signed | Texas | LA Angels | 5 | 8 | $77,500,000 |
| Edwin Jackson | SP | 28 | Agreed | St. Louis | Washington | 1 | 11 | -- |
| Javier Vazquez | SP | 35 | Free Agent | Florida | -- | 12 | -- | |
| Hiroki Kuroda | SP | 37 | Signed (B) | Los Angeles | NY Yankees | 1 | 13 | $10,000,000 |
| Roy Oswalt | SP | 34 | Free Agent (A) | Philadelphia | -- | 22 | -- | |
| Erik Bedard | SP | 33 | Signed | Boston | Pittsburgh | 1 | 23 | $4,500,000 |
| Paul Maholm | SP | 29 | Signed | Pittsburgh | Chicago Cubs | 1 | 24 | $4,750,000 |
| Bartolo Colon | SP | 39 | Agreed | New York | Oakland | 1 | 33 | $900,000 |
| PLAYER | POSITION | AGE | STATUS | 2011 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | RANK | DOLLARS |
| Bruce Chen | SP | 34 | Signed (B) | Kansas City | Kansas City | 2 | 34 | $9,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | SP | 32 | Signed | Washington | Washington | 1 | 50 | $4,000,000 |