Perales has 1.5 options (maybe earns a second year, maybe not). Bennett has 3.
Perales: 161 IP since '21
Bennett: 138 IP since '23
Both missed a full season due to TJS, but Perales has had a TON of injury issues since his DSL days.
They rushed him to MLB last season due to need and then he got injured (again). It's a roll of the dice with him. I'm just not as convinced on Marte as most other posters.
Weird trade. At first I thought it was to save a 40 man spot for like kind prospects, but Bennett is on the 40 man. Maybe Bennett is more likely to be a starter in Breslow's opinion? IDK. He knows what he wants for the pitching org. The former Sox guys in the Nats org are probably happy to snag Perales.