"There have already been three trades involving major-league players in the last week, and general managers wouldn't be surprised if there's a flurry of trade talks involving several All-Star players at their annual meetings this week.

There are a flurry of big names available, but one player not being dangled, Brewers GM Doug Melvin insists, is Prince Fielder.

The slugging first baseman is eligible for free agency after 2011 and it's widely assumed Milwaukee will be unable to retain him. Melvin says the club has set a deadline for the end of spring training to work out an extension, but for now, he isn't trading Fielder.

"We're not shopping Prince,'' Melvin says. "I'd like to keep him. He's a homegrown player who wants to play every inning of every game. But we'd like to get something done by the end of the off-season. I don't want to negotiate during the year.''"