The reason I bring this up is because Brian Cashman, a disciple of Michael who worked directly with him as an assistant GM in the 90s, has taken up this same stance. Just like Michael in the late 80s and early 90s, Cashman learned from George’s burning desire to trade young players for temporary fixes.
You hear the term “prospect hugging” a lot, but is that a bad thing? Prospect hugging gave us Aaron Judge, Luis Severino, Domingo German, Dellin Betances and, to some degree, Gleyber Torres, even though he came via a trade in 2016.
Just like Bernie in the early 90s, Miguel Andujar has been at the center of every trade prediction.