Neal Huntington, what are you doing?

Pirates GM Neal Huntington is going down a slippery slope. His team's opening day roster looked like this:

C - Ryan Doumit (Pirates)
1B - Adam LaRoche (Red Sox)
2B - Freddy Sanchez (Giants)
3B - Andy LaRoche (Pirates)
SS - Jack Wilson (Mariners)
LF - Nyjer Morgan (Nationals)
CF - Nate McLouth (Braves)
RF - Brandon Moss (Pirates)

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/opening.shtml

Obviously, the team the player is currently with is in parenthesis.

It's turned into a horrible version of VH1's "Where are they now"? The team they had on the field that day would not have won anything. However, they have stockpiled young players and ensured a losing team for a few years to come. However, once the next two to three years are over, did the stockpiling prove to be anything? Assuming they got good value for their trades, each player should be a slight upgrade, and that will get them to maybe 80 or so wins. However, their real future will be heavily dependent on drafting good pitching. If only they were slightly worse last year then THEY would be in the Stephen Strasburg predicament.

The Pirates have become America's Farm Team.