What?!!!!?!?!
OK, let us just say that this "homegrown talent" theory of yours is viable... well then, let's see how it holds up with my team:
Aramis Ramirez: $16,650,000
Freddy Sanchez: $4,150,000
Jason Bay: $7,800,000
TOTAL: $28,600,000
THREE PLAYERS, all homegrown, all for what the Pirates payroll is now. If we decided to keep all of our homegrown talent, then we would require an amount FAR in excess of the highest payroll amount in the Pirates' history. They have been forced to trade away talent to teams like the Yankees because the bidding for their services FAR surpasses what the Pirates could afford to keep them.... PLEASE do not act as if your "homegrown talent" makes you blameless, because it is a FALLACY.