Aug 06, 2007 1:32 PM EST

Twins GM Terry Ryan won't confirm or deny that he talked to lefthander Johan Santana. who had criticized Ryan's decision to send Luis Castillo to the Mets while failing to make a deal to strengthen the club. However, Sid Hartman of the Stat Tribune understands Ryan and Santana had a private conversation.

"Those things we keep in house," Ryan said.

Ryan is a classy man and has a way of always handling things in a first-class way. Rest assured, he handled this problem the same way.

"I always do things in private; you know I don't do things publicly," Ryan said. "I'm not going to say how things are handled. If you do some things, I think it's usually behind closed doors."

Via Star Tribune