The Jays - rightly or wrongly - gave Edwin one offer, take it or leave it, within 48 hours of EE's qualification for free agency.

No reasonable agent would jump on the first offer, especially given the peculiar timing of it.

If you were selling your house, would you take the first offer? No, of course not.

If you're buying a car, would you work with the dealership (or person) that said, "This is the price, take it or leave it"? I highly doubt it.

Alas, this is the "new normal" in negotiations. You see it in real estate all the time now. "Bully offers" - here's my offer, there's no discussion, you have 24 hours or less to decide - are the norm, not the exception. Salary discussions are all about "This is what we're paying. If you don't like it, there's the door." Examples abound.