ESPN Insider Keith Law says the Milwaukee Brewers are “closed for business”, meaning player like Prince Fielder and Corey Hart are off the trading table.

“They have decided they’re close enough to contention that they’re not selling, so Hart and Fielder are off the market,” Law said, citing an executive from a rival club that was interested in a Brewers player.

Teams such as the San Francisco Giants were looking at acquiring either Fielder or Hart.

So if they are not selling, could the Brewers be buyers?

Law wonders if pitchers like Ted Lilly, Jake Westbrook or Edwin Jackson could be key pieces the Brewers could add to the their roster via trade. Many of these pitchers could clear waivers, so that buys the team another month to get seriously back into the NL Central race, and then the front office can commit to one of these bigger name starting pitchers.