Report: Zack Greinke "as good as gone"

Milwaukee right-handed pitcher and soon-to-be free agent Zack Greinke is "as good as gone," according to a major-league source, wrote the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Tom Haudricort. 

• Earlier Wednesday evening, CBSSports.com's Danny Knobler wrote that after a disastrous road trip that saw the Brewers drop six in a row, Milwaukee's ready to sell. 
• Here's more from Knobler: 

  The first trade or trades will likely be smaller ones, but the Brewers are also talking to teams about Zack Greinke, perhaps the best starting pitcher available this month. As CBSSports.com has reported for the last several days, the Rangers, Angels, Braves and White Sox have been the teams showing the most interest in Greinke. Other Brewers players who could draw interest include third baseman Aramis Ramirez, first baseman-outfielder Corey Hart and catcher George Kottaras. The Brewers would love to move starter Randy Wolf and reliever Francisco Rodriguez, as well, but neither has much value. ... The Brewers would like to use the trades to set themselves up to compete next year. They could use a young shortstop, but also need major-league ready pitching to replace Greinke, Wolf and Shaun Marcum, all of whom are free agents and are unlikely to be part of the 2013 rotation. Marcum would be a trade possibility himself, but he has been on the disabled list. He just threw a bullpen session Tuesday, and won't be ready to make a big-league start until after the July 31 non-waiver deadline. Greinke's value should be as high as ever. He was outstanding in a Tuesday night start against the Phillies, and a few hours after that game the Phillies signed Cole Hamels to a new six-year contract, removing Hamels from the trade market.

• An NL executive believes the Brewers will hold on to Corey Hart, tweeted CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman, but Milwaukee is certainly "open for business." 
• The Angels are interested in Greinke, as has been noted, but they're also "very much in pursuit" of Tampa Bay's James Shields, tweeted the Los Angeles Times' Mike DiGiovanna.