One report said that the Red Sox and Craig Breslow weren't willing to part with one of their major league outfielders for Joe Ryan.

Another MLB deadline day is in the books, and it will go down as another disappointing day for Craig Breslow and the Boston Red Sox. After weeks of pumping up the team's flexibility and a strong desire to go out and make an impact move before the deadline buzzer sounded,

After an underwhelming trade deadline that netted the Red Sox two rental pitchers in Steven Matz and Dustin May, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow vowed that the lack of impact acquisitions wasn’t due to a lack of aggressiveness by Boston’s front office.