Brewers owner Mark Attanasio said contract talks with Prince Fielder are "ongoing" but he declined to say if an actual offer has been made to the first baseman. Attanasio deferred that question to general manager Doug Melvin, who also declined to say whether an offer has been made. "I'm not saying we have or haven't made one," said Melvin. Rumors have circulated on the internet recently that the Brewers were preparing to make an offer to Fielder for five or six years at about $20 million a year. Melvin said he didn't know where those rumors came from and that he hasn't told anybody what stage the talks are at. Melvin and Attanasio met in Los Angeles during spring training with Fielder's agent, Scott Boras, to get the ball rolling. "One of the things we've said is we're not going to give a moment-to-moment handicap of where things are at, so that it looks like a stock chart," Attanasio said. "Discussions are ongoing. Most importantly, I think Prince is relaxed. I saw him in the clubhouse this morning. What we don't want is for this to be a distraction to him. One of the reasons we're not going to give day-to-day or weekly reports on this is we don't want it to distract Prince. We don't think it's a distraction now. "We'll continue the conversations and we'll see where it goes. "When you talk about $100 million type contracts, it's nine figures. Those are complex transactions. They don't get done with a quick conversation and a handshake. Everything has to line up to make it work. Having said that, there's a mutual intent on both sides to try to make it work. We'll see if we can make it work." RealGM Note: Fielder was ranked seventh in season FIC during the 2009 season and 'deserved' $18.97M, giving him a Reina Value of +171%.