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

Instead, Steven Matz came over from the St. Louis Cardinals, but without Ryan, the Red Sox are left hoping that more marginal moves will be enough. Derek Falvey stared at a top 100 prospect return, but wisely backed off when Boston refused to put anyone else in the deal.

As the 2025 MLB Trade Deadline comes to a close, X (formerly Twitter) has been ablaze with rumors on any and every name, and one of those names was Twins starter Joe Ryan. Ryan was far from a certainty to be traded,