For a few seconds during the closing hour of the MLB trade deadline last Thursday, there was a belief that All-Star starting pitcher Joe Ryan was a part of the Minnesota Twins' fire sale. An erroneous tweet from Yahoo Sports indicated that Ryan was traded to the Boston Red Sox, but no such deal crossed the finish line. There have been conflicting reports over how close the Twins came to dealing Ryan to the Red Sox, and the latest intel comes from Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
"The Red Sox came late too for the ultra-busy Twins, who somehow found time to trade nearly 40 percent of their roster (10 of 26).