MILWAUKEE -- Former Diamondbacks manager and current Cubs TV analyst Bob Brenly will be the third and likely final candidate interviewed for the Brewers' managerial opening.

Brewers general manager Doug Melvin plans to formally interview Brenly before the end of the week. Melvin confirmed that he has already met with former A's skipper Ken Macha and former Mets manager Willie Randolph.

"I have some other names of people I probably won't interview, because they have resumes and they have backgrounds," Melvin said. "I'm not going to interview them if I don't think they fit the criteria of what we're looking for."

Melvin also interviewed Dale Sveum, who managed the Brewers for the final 12 regular-season games in 2008 and then into the National League Division Series. The Brewers lost to the Phillies, three games to one, and Melvin decided late last week that he preferred a more experienced skipper than Sveum.

Macha and Randolph have been candidates for the Brewers' job before. Melvin interviewed five candidates following the 2002 season: Cecil Cooper, who finished that season as Milwaukee's bench coach, plus Macha, D-backs bench coach Bob Melvin, Randolph and then-Braves coach Ned Yost, who eventually got the job. Macha reportedly was Melvin's first choice in 2002 but instead took the managerial post in Oakland, where he was the incumbent bench coach.

The Brewers' search then was more public, with each of the candidates participating in a press conference after their interview. Melvin taped those sessions and used them as part of the evaluation process.

"At that time, a lot of those people would have been first-time managers and I wanted to see how they reacted and responded to the media," Melvin said. "Now we're talking about guys who have been through it, so there's no need to have that."

Melvin has a lot on his offseason to-do list, including finding a replacement for departed scouting director Jack Zduriencik and then the usual decisions on player personnel. He will probably make his managerial choice soon after the World Series.

"I want to make sure I get the right person," Melvin said.