The Red Sox were reportedly interested in trading for Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan over the last couple of months. However, they weren’t interested enough to let go of any of their surplus of outfielders on Boston’s MLB roster, according to a report.
Per The Athletic’s Jen McCaffrey, Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow wasn’t inclined to deal big-league outfielders in a potential trade for the right-hander, and Boston’s minor league players on the table weren’t enough for the Twins, either.
“According to league sources briefed on discussions from the Twins’ side, talks fell apart when the Red Sox were unwilling to offer any of their big league outfielders, or an enticing enough package of their top-tier prospects,” McCaffrey wrote on Thursday, hours after MLB’s trade deadline passed.