The Minnesota Twins traded 10 players at this year’s deadline, and while Joe Ryan wasn’t one of them, he thought he was.

A report from MLB Network’s Jon Morosi revealed the Boston Red Sox made a “late effort” to acquire the starting pitcher. Shortly after, Yahoo Sports and FOX Sports both posted a graphic to X that Ryan was traded to Boston.

A source told MassLive’s Chris Cotillo the Red Sox’ pursuit of Ryan “was not even close.” But for a few brief moments, Ryan thought he was on the move.

“I obviously thought I got traded for several minutes, and then it was like, ‘Is this going to happen? What’s the deal?’ That was a weird mix of emotions,” Ryan recently told reporters, via MLB.com. “I was with Griffin (Jax) during that. It was just weird. Then he didn’t think he was going to get traded, and he got traded (while) I didn’t. It was weird. It was a lot. It felt like I was throwing an intense situation in a game.”

While the Red Sox and the Twins were in talks for Ryan, things fell apart because Minnesota wanted a package that started with either Jarren Duran or Wilyer Abreu, The Athletic’s Dan Hayes reported.

The Red Sox didn’t budge, and talks fell apart between the two teams due to Boston’s unwillingness to offer an “enticing enough package of their top-tier prospects,” Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reported.

Jhostynxon Garcia, also known as “The Password,” was part of the deal Boston put together, but the overall package, according to McCaffrey, “was not substantial enough to land Ryan.”

Instead, the Red Sox acquired Steven Matz from the St. Louis Cardinals and Dustin May from the Los Angeles Dodgers in a last-minute deal. The deadline left fans and media underwhelmed, especially after chief baseball officer Craig Breslow vowed to make the team better in the weeks leading up to the deadline.

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