Jones & Keefe: Rob Bradford on the Red Sox interest in Joe Ryan

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00:00You tweeted something yesterday about Joe Ryan.

00:03John Marossi had a report that the Red Sox were monitoring Joe Ryan.

00:07If the Twins fall out of it, they're going to need a haul, etc., etc.

00:10You said he was a target when the Twins were asking around about Cassis before the year.

00:16So I'm curious, your understanding of that, were the Red Sox the ones saying no,

00:21Cassis for Joe Ryan as the particulars, or was it the other way around?

00:24Was Cassis not enough?

00:25I think Minnesota, they needed a first baseman.

00:30Obviously, Tristan Cassis, you go back to Seattle, there was some talk there.

00:35So when it came to Minnesota saying, hey, what would it take to get Tristan Cassis?

00:41I think Joe Ryan's name was brought up because the Red Sox, as I point out,

00:44the Red Sox really, really liked Joe Ryan.

00:47And Minnesota said, thanks, but no thanks, because Joe Ryan is really, really good.

00:53He's under control for another two years after this year.

00:56And my point in that tweet was, yeah, there's a lot of buzz about Joe Ryan.

01:02And yes, that's an evidence that the Red Sox really liked Joe Ryan.

01:06I don't think anybody should think that that's a secret, but I think that it takes two to tango.

01:13And I think that right now, to get Joe Ryan, I mean, you're talking about like a crochet-type deal.

01:19And for the Red Sox, is that something they're willing to do?

01:23It's going to cost, what I'm saying, it's going to cost more than people think to get Joe Ryan.

01:27Joe Ryan isn't just going, oh, we're going to go get him.

01:29No, no.

01:30He's got control.

01:32He's a good pitcher.

01:33He just made the all-star team.

01:34But once again, the Red Sox have liked him for a long time.