Joe Ryan Rumors: Where Twins Stand On Moving Potential Red Sox Target

If the Minnesota Twins opt to move Joe Ryan at the MLB trade deadline, he will quickly become one of, if not the most sought-after arms on the market.

A steady, high floor starter, Ryan would settle nicely into the second or third spot in a contender’s rotation. He turned 29 last month, and it helps that he’s under team control through 2027. He has a 2.72 ERA with an impressive 0.91 ERA this season, good for a 9-4 record on an underachieving Twins team.

Seemingly every year the Twins are in it in a historically weak American League Central. But the Detroit Tigers have put everything together, and Minnesota’s woeful start set their season back before it began. They make sense as a seller at the deadline — they are 11.5 games out of the division and four out of the wild card at the break — with a caveat.

The Twins have enough talent around the roster that short of a complete teardown there is a world where they sell this season and still try to compete in 2026. Trading Ryan would seem antithetical to that mission, even though he would net a massive return.

It ultimately shouldn’t be a huge surprise then that the Twins aren’t yet having serious trade discussions involving Ryan, according to FanSided’s Robert Murray.

“The Minnesota Twins have yet to have conversations with other teams about right-hander Joe Ryan and at 47-49, have not had any conversations about selling, sources say,” Murray wrote in a story published Monday.

The Red Sox have been linked to Ryan as a potential fit, but at this point that is more theoretical than a distinct possibility. It would undoubtedly take a haul to acquire Ryan, but slotting him behind Garrett Crochet atop the rotation would give Boston a stellar 1-2 punch.

And whereas other potential deadline arms like Sandy Alcantara and Zac Gallen are led more by name recognition than 2025 performance, Ryan has both. Trading for him would be the ultimate pedal to the floor move as the Sox aim to contend.