MILWAUKEE -- Jerry Royster met with his new boss for 90 minutes Monday but the Milwaukee Brewers didn't announce any decision on his managerial status.

Team spokesman Jon Greenberg said Royster and new general manager Doug Melvin met at a location away from Miller Park and that an announcement on Royster's future with the club was expected later this week.

''It definitely won't be today,'' Greenberg said.

Greenberg said Melvin, who replaced Dean Taylor last week, wasn't available to comment on the meeting, and Royster didn't immediately return a message left on his cell phone.

Royster went 53-94 as interim manager after Davey Lopes was fired in April following the club's 3-12 start.

Royster was popular in the clubhouse, although his kid gloves treatment of rookie Alex Sanchez rubbed some veterans the wrong way.

Sanchez made numerous mistakes on the bases and in the field but rarely drew strong criticism from Royster, who said the rookie's ego was too fragile to handle it. Sanchez was involved in several squabbles in the clubhouse, including one with pitcher Ruben Quevedo that led to fisticuffs in the players parking lot.

And Royster drew the ire of fans when he sat All-Star shortstop Jose Hernandez eight times in the final two weeks to protect him from jeering as he approached the major league strikeout record.

That included three games against the San Francisco Giants, who were in a heated race with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the wild card, and four games at St. Louis, where the Cardinals were fighting for home-field advantage in the playoffs.

Hernandez finished with 188 strikeouts, one shy of Bobby Bonds' record, set in 1970.