NASHVILLE — Two days into the Winter Meetings and the Red Sox shopping cart is still empty. While Craig Breslow won’t say who the club is or isn’t interested in — and specifically wouldn’t comment on any potential pursuit of Shohei Ohtani — he did emphasize that the club has remained active behind the scenes.

“Obviously there’s nothing consequential and material to report which means that while it may be moving it hasn’t broken yet,” Breslow said. “We remain actively engaged and hope to push.”

One thing Breslow did shed light on was the club’s priorities as far as what order they hope to address their needs. Unsurprisingly, Breslow said starting pitching is the club’s No. 1 need and everything else will be a secondary concern until that’s been taken care of.

He said so explicitly when asked about the club’s plans for adding a second basemen.

“Those conversations are ongoing but I think we’ve largely signaled that the focus is on starting pitching right now and if we could sequence this perfectly we would address starting pitching and then move on to things like second base,” Breslow said. “We’re not going to be able to do that perfectly but we also want to be mindful of the natural cadence and sequencing of the offseason. So pretty significantly focused on pitching now but not completely ignoring the opportunity to upgrade on the defensive side.”

As far as second basemen go, Breslow said the Red Sox are engaged in conversations with both free agents and potential trade partners, but if he had to bet it’s more likely the club will make a trade.