Infielder Rickie Weeks and right-handed pitcher Shaun Marcum are the only arbitration-eligible players for the Brewers. And according to team officials, they are making slow but steady progress with both of them reports Adam McCalvy of MLB.com.

Weeks has said that he does not want to negotiate a contract extension once Spring Training begins in a few weeks according to Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel. “Once I get to spring training, I want to focus on baseball,” he said.

“I think the process creates a deadline, to some degree,” assistant GM Gord Ash said. “We continue to talk about all kinds of different things, ever since the first of December. I don’t see [Weeks' deadline] as an issue at all.

“In fact, I’m glad he said that, because that’s the way it should be. Once you get on the field, that’s where your focus needs to be.”

McCalvy adds that Ash, who is engaged talks with Weeks agent, Greg Genske, nor senior director of business operations Teddy Werner, who is negotiating with agent Rex Gary about Marcum, could report any breakthroughs this week.

“We continue to have dialogue but nothing new to report,” Ash wrote in an e-mail on Thursday.

Weeks camp filed for $7.2 million in arbitration and the Brewers countered at $4.85 million. The midpoint of those figures is $6.025 million.

Marcum and his agent asked for $5 million in arbitration and the Brewers offered $3 million. The middle ground for Marcum’s case is $4 million.

“I would say [talks] have been productive, and I have a very good history with Rex Gary, who also represents Dave Bush,” said Werner. “We’ve been through this process before.”

Weeks earned $2.75 million in 2010 while Marcum earned $850,000 from the Blue Jays in 2010.  Weeks in his final year of salary arbitration before he becomes a free agent.  Marcum becomes a free agent in the 2013 season.