BOSTON - In past years when the Red Sox hosted their annual Christmas at Fenway event, all of the big moves for the offseason had been made.

Not this year.

The Red Sox returned from the winter meetings on Thursday empty-handed and watched one of their free-agent targets, Carlos Santana, sign with the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday.

The Red Sox aren't panicking just yet though.

"Obviously we understand how people react and what they see around the league and I don't blame them in the sense that they're passionate about the team," new manager Alex Cora said on Saturday at Fenway. "I stole this line from Dave (Dombrowski) but I think it's the greatest line, 'There's no deadline in the offseason,' so we just have to be patient and something is going to happen and we'll be better. When we get to Feb. 14 we're going to have a good baseball team."

Dombrowski said he's continued to have conversations since the conclusion of the winter meetings.

"You're in a position where sometimes you need be patient, sometimes you need to move quickly," he said. "You just have to have a pulse of what's taking place."

Santana reportedly signed a three-year, $60 million deal, an an average annual value of $20 million per season. The Santana signing in effect makes negotiations for Boston's remaining targets, J.D. Martinez and Eric Hosmer, even more expensive.

"We did have some interest in (Santana), we did express that we weren't necessarily prepared to go to the dollar amount that was there but we did have interest in him," Dombrowski said. "He's a player we've liked. I don't know if we're going to sit and wait, it just depends on some different alternatives and information we get on a daily basis."

While reports this week have indicated the Red Sox are pursuing both Hosmer and Martinez, Dombrowsi said Saturday they are currently focused on adding just one major bat.

"I tried to answer that question at the winter meetings where our thought process was but I think I'm going to leave it alone for now," he said. "But we are in a process where we're focused on getting one person."

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