Stephen Drew and Kendrys Morales are not close to settling for one-year deals and will wait until June, if necessary, to find long-term contracts, according to Scott Boras.
The pair remain unemployed four months after rejecting $14.1 million qualifying offers from their teams.
"The system they've been dealt has basically prevented them from free agency," Boras said. "They want to make sure about their next step, whatever that will be. It means either signing a long-term contract now -- and we're still taking offers on those -- or a number of other prospects that could occur after the season starts or in June, after the draft happens.
"Like any players, they want to play baseball. But they're also looking at the long-term aspect of their careers. This system has placed them not in free agency, but it's placed them in a jail."