While the Giants' ownership group will be rewarded financially for reaching the World Series, the team isn't expected to raise payroll significantly. At the same time, the Giants won't let budgetary issues break up the team. "We're always going to want to be somewhat creative," team president and chief operating officer Larry Baer said Saturday. "We're not going to have a doubling effect, or a double-digit massive increase. That's not who we are. The good news is, who we are is not going down in payroll either." The Giants traded Russ Ortiz after the 2002 season in order to create financial space. "I think that the way this team has galvanized, the fan base, the clubhouse dynamics and everything, I think we're going to work hard to preserve that, whatever that means," Baer said. "There are so many positive stories this year. We want to keep those positive stories alive when everybody reports to Scottsdale for spring training. "Having said that, show me one clubhouse that has the same 25 guys come back year to year. That's not a practical reality." The Giants' 2010 payroll was just under $100 million and should cross that threshold for the first time next year. They have about $20 million coming off the books from Bengie Molina, Edgar Renteria, Juan Uribe and Aubrey Huff, but a lot of that money will be spoken for before the Giants try to re-sign Huff or Uribe. Roughly $12 million will be consumed by raises due in the multi-year contracts of Tim Lincecum, Mark DeRosa, Matt Cain and Brian Wilson. Re-signing Cody Ross, which Sabean has said is plausible, would cost at least $5 million more.