I agree, but Perales is a difficult situation. He's Rule 5 eligible and has zero chance of playing on the big club in 2024. That, in itself, is not so bad, unless you have 3-4 players in the same boat. We basically did that with Rafaela & Abreu, this year.
Perales was signed in 2019. The non season of 2020 hurt his development, and he pitched under 40 IP in 2021-2022 combined. He's been in our system for 4 years, but he doesn't even have 92 IP in the minors, yet.
I hate selling low, but I think other GMs value his ceiling and would give us something much better, if he were a part of the package. The extra 40 man slot may end up helping, but it could mean nothing, if we hold the slot for opening day 40 man guys like Ort, Brasier or Tapia.