At the end of the day, and I am sure this has been mentioned, you in theory have Peralta, Burnes, Nelson, Davies, Guerra, Chacin, and Anderson going into spring next year. Unless you plan on having a 7 man rotation or keeping Burnes in the pen (which they said they weren't gonna do) it makes a ton of sense to trade one of the kids in a deal to get a pitcher of deGrom's caliber. Not necessarily as the main piece, but a piece