Some reports indicate the Boston Red Sox nearly acquired Minnesota Twins ace Joe Ryan before the MLB trade deadline; others suggest the two sides were far apart . So, what’s the truth? ESPN’s Jeff Passan, perhaps the most trusted insider covering Major League Baseball, offered new insight in a wide-ranging piece published Monday. “Boston came close,” Passan wrote. “The Red Sox were willing to part with a number of high-end prospects to land right-hander Joe Ryan from the Minnesota Twins. But that wasn’t expressed until the deadline was nearing, and the Twins were so deep in other talks to disassemble their roster, the prospect of moving Ryan had lost appeal.” While the Red Sox came up empty in