The Boston Red Sox' offer for Joe Ryan at the trade deadline may have been even bolder than we thought, and it's even harder to understand why the Minnesota Twins turned it down.

Nothing hurts more than barely missing out, and that seems to be the case with Joe Ryan and the Boston Red Sox.

The Boston Red Sox may have been close to trading for Joe Ryan, or they might not have been. What matters is that they didn't.

Talk to a baseball fan over the age of 60, and they’ll tell you about pitchers just don’t work as long. “Back in my days, they had four-man rotations, and the goal was to go nine innings every time you took the mound.

ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan noted on Monday that the Red Sox did come "close" to trading for Twins righty Joe Ryan.

The Boston Red Sox tried and failed to trade for Minnesota Twins ace Joe Ryan at the deadline, but this woulda-could-shoulda package probably gets it done.

PM: The Athletic's Jen McCaffrey provides a few more details on the Ryan negotiations, and top-100 outfield prospect Jhostynxon Garcia

The Boston Red Sox reportedly offered the Minnesota Twins "multiple" top-100 MLB prospects for starting pitcher Joe Ryan, per WEEI's Rob Bradford.

The Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins seemingly almost made a trade involving Joe Ryan at the deadline, but they could finally make a deal in the offseason.

MLB insiders' conflicting reports on the Boston Red Sox's trade deadline pursuit of Joe Ryan finally even out.