MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers' baseball braintrust met again at length Wednesday as the non-waiver Trade Deadline quickly approached, but general manager Doug Melvin repeated the same mantra when asked if the team had anything in the works.

"Nothing right now," Melvin said.

Could that change?

"Nothing right now," Melvin repeated, this time with a bit of a smile. "I suppose it can always change. The last day or so, there are always calls trying to stir something up. But it's very difficult to do something this late."

The deadline to trade players without requesting waivers is 3 p.m. CT on Thursday.

Among those who took a break from meetings and joined Melvin in the dugout during batting practice on Wednesday were amateur scouting director Jack Zduriencik, pro scouting director Dick Groch, special assistant Dan O'Brien, assistant scouting director Tony Blengino, director of administration for player development and scouting Tom Flanagan and professional scouting coordinator Zack Minasian.

The Brewers, who have already acquired starter CC Sabathia and infielder Ray Durham this month, have had scouts looking at relief pitchers from a variety of teams. But Melvin has balked at the high asking price for top-flight relievers such as Baltimore's George Sherrill and Oakland's Huston Street.

A newspaper report in Seattle said the Brewers had been scouting Mariners veterans Arthur Rhodes and Eddie Guardado, but a Milwaukee official said Wednesday that the club was not particularly enamored with either.