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Boras doesn't have much "traditional" leverage -- in terms of interest from other teams -- to drive up Z's "parameters" (yeah, it probably wasn't actually an "offer"), so what are his plays:
-- Seattle will "panic" in response to LAAA and TX and sweeten the deal
---- Z's answer: "we have a plan and we're sticking to it" (to multiple media outlets)
-- Prince is lukewarm on the whole "west coast" thing, y'know
---- Z's answer: "hope you like your Plan B, 'cause we've got ours ready"
Nothing strikes me as out of the ordinary in the context.
Boras wants to bait Z into negotiating against himself, and Z won't.  Doesn't necessarily mean they won't eventually make a deal, it just means Boras is trying to create leverage where there really isn't any.