There has to be something a little devious going on. Not even Boras himself expected to have Martinez, Hosmer, Moustakas and Arrieta still unsigned on January 19. He'll have something to say about it all at some point, I expect.
In case anyone missed it, Silverman of the Herald wrote a story about the Red Sox making a mistake going to arbitration with Mookie, and that this was the second time they'd been adversarial with him about money. MLBTR picked up the story.
I can't imagine DD even bothering to make that offer if he didn't think it was in the neighborhood of what JDM is ultimately going to sign for. It would be pointless.
Dombrowski recently said the Red Sox are focused on obtaining a middle-of-the-order bat by free agency or trade. That suggests they are still very much in on JDM.
It's certainly not necessarily a bad thing to have to wait like this. I am starting to wonder if there's something a little dirty going on behind all the inactivity...hopefully not.