The trade deadline has come and gone, and Boston Red Sox fans came out of it feeling pretty disappointed.
A big reason for that disappointment was the inability to acquire ace Joe Ryan from the Minnesota Twins. To be fair, that wasn't completely Boston's fault — it reportedly offered plenty, and MLB on FOX jumped the gun and claimed the deal was done. That made the subsequent Dustin May deal underwhelming to a lot of people.
In the end, they acquired left-handed reliever Steven Matz from the St. Louis Cardinals for prospect Blaze Jordan and starting pitcher Dustin May from the Los Angeles Dodgers for prospects James Tibbs III and Zach Ehrhard.