This following roster for the 2005 San Francisco Giants assumes what the roster could've looked like if no players departed via free agency or trades.  In order to qualify, players must have originally signed with San Francisco as an international signing or through the amateur draft.

Please note that this post is meant to generate discussion on each teams' ability to develop and/or sign homegrown talent.  This team is fictional, and details like its economic feasability should be ignored.

Everyday lineup:

SS Royce Clayton
3B Bill Mueller
CF Chris Singleton
LF Pedro Feliz
1B Lance Niekro
RF Jacob Cruz
C Doug Mirabelli
2B Deivi Cruz
P Slot

Bench:
C Yorvit Torrealba
1B/OF Dan Ortmeier
OF Adam Hyzdu
OF Jason Ellison
OF Todd Linden

Rotation:

Russ Ortiz
Noah Lowry
Jerome Williams
Jesse Foppert
Francisco Liriano/Matt Cain

Bullpen:

LR Brad Hennessey
LR Kevin Correia
MR Scott Linebrink
MR David Aardsma
SU Bob Howry
SU Keith Foulke
CL Joe Nathan

Lineup: You know that occasional San Fran poster who incessantly complains on how his franchise hasn't developed any recent big-time offensive players and you think to yourself, "he's probably just exaggerating?"  Taking a look at this absolutely punchless lineup should explain that guy's frustrations pretty quickly - aside From Feliz's decent homer potential and Mueller's steady production for a few years, you know you're screwed when your everyday 5 hitter is a platoon player (who will inevtiably convert to a pitcher) and your 3 hitter will play the last season as a marginal big league player.  Deivi Cruz plays slightly out of position (mainly a SS, but he did play somewhat of a utility role through his career) because SF developed no second basemen that made any noise at the major league level.  A combination of a series of tools bust draft picks and a non-existent international signing outfit until the mid-90s (Feliz signed in '94) seems to be the main culprits for this weak squad.

Bench: The offensive punch of this bench looks similar to that of the bottom half of the everyday lineup, which in this case is not a good thing.  Little infield depth coupled with a bench full of fourth outfielders clogs the usefulness of this group.

Rotation: In 2005 this rotation would have probably provided average (at best) to slightly below average production as a unit.  A very young rotation minus Ortiz; Liriano, Cain, and Lowry will all grow up to be good starters (control problems will make Lowry inconsistent, injuries will hamper Liriano's development), and Tim Lincecum will be drafted the following year in 2006.  Boof Bonser and Brian Burres also sit ready to make their respective ML debuts in AAA Fresno.

Bullpen: The one strong point of this team.  Many solid relievers that could be quality arms on most teams' bullpens had to be excluded (Mike Myers, Aaron Fultz, Clay Hensley, Mike Remlinger among others), and if this team ever somehow managed to hold a lead into the 7th inning, the trio of Howry, Foulke, and Nathan would not blow many leads.  Linebrink and Aardsma provide a solid middle relief corps, and Hennessey/Correia anchor down the roles of swingmen to alleviate the workload of a young rotation.

This team's profile differs little to that of this year's pre-season Giants - most baseball pundits picked SF to be the NL's doormat based on a punchless offense even though the pitching staff is solid.  While this team might develop one of the best rotations in baseball, how many wins do you think this 2005 version is capable of?