Boston also registered an interest in trading for Miami’s Sandy Alcantara, who, like Ryan, didn’t get moved before the trade deadline passed on July 31. In the end, the Red Sox weren’t able to bolster the top of their starting rotation, but they clearly tried to be aggressive, up to a certain point.

The Boston Red Sox have been missing All-Star starter Tanner Houck since May 12th and it sounds like there’s a real chance that he could miss the rest of the season. Houck has been dealing with a right flexor pronator strain and suffered a setback.