DALLAS — The Giants aren’t on top of the world. That was so 2010.

Instead, they’re at the top of their $130 million budget.

Saying he’s tapped out for the winter, Giants general manager Brian Sabean waved goodbye to another hero with a white gold World Series ring. A day after trading Andres Torres, Sabean eliminated any possibility of re-signing Cody Ross, the 2010 NLCS Most Valuable Player.

As for Carlos Beltran? Those two months as a Giant were swell, weren’t they?

“Being brutally honest, we pretty much got to the top of the budget,” said Sabean, who must decide by Monday whether to tender a contract to either Mike Fontenot or Jeff Keppinger. “It’s down to … the extra man.”

There is no money for Beltran or Ross, neither of whom received any formal offer. It was a bitterly disappointing outcome for Ross, who might get the multiyear contract he seeks from Cincinnati, Boston, Colorado or Atlanta.

“The Giants were definitely my No. 1 choice,” Ross said shortly after speaking by phone with manager Bruce Bochy. “I was looking at any possible scenario, any way, anyhow. Give them a hometown discount, whatever, to help their payroll. But they would not commit to more than a year.

“It’s sad because I really wanted to come back.”

Sabean said the Giants and Ross “could never get on the same page. And Beltran, we knew it was going to be a stretch.”

Like it or not, the additions of outfielders Melky Cabrera and Angel Pagan — plus the assumption of good health from Buster Posey and Freddy Sanchez — must be enough to cure a futile offense that scored the fewest runs in the major leagues in 2011. And a glimmer of production from Aubrey Huff certainly wouldn’t hurt.

There won’t be another No. 5 starter or new backup catcher, either. Sabean confirmed Barry Zito will round out the rotation, with rookie Eric Surkamp as a fallback.

Another stark realization: the Giants’ sacrifice of top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler in July netted them 44 games of Beltran’s services.

“We didn’t get deep into it,” Sabean said of re-signing Beltran, whose market has been slow to develop. “There were some general-fashion conversations and some parameters. But to do it, we’d have to weaken ourselves in other areas, potentially. If you wait on doing something like that, you’ll miss out potentially on what else you need to do.”

The Giants still need to negotiate a contract with Tim Lincecum for 2012, at least. The two-time N.L. Cy Young Award winner is by far the most important of the whopping 10 arbitration-eligible Giants expected to be tendered contracts Monday. He could receive a $20 million salary.

Because Sabean must build in contingencies for all those arbitration cases, he said he could not lobby ownership to bump the payroll number.

“The $130 (million) is more ironclad,” he said. “It has to be.”

To stay under budget, the Giants had to send productive right-hander Ramon Ramirez along with Torres to the New York Mets for Pagan and a minor league player to be determined — a deal that was completed Tuesday night and made official Wednesday.

Perhaps taking some sting out of losing Ramirez, the club has all but completed a one-year guaranteed contract with right-hander Guillermo Mota, Sabean said.

The Giants had some talks about bringing back Torres at a lower salary, but Sabean said they “weren’t leading anywhere, (so) we decided to move on.”