Brewers deal for Giants second baseman Durham
By Buster Olney
ESPN Updated: July 20, 2008, 1:01 PM ET

The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired second baseman Ray Durham for the Giants, continuing with their effort to upgrade the team for the final weeks of the regular season.

Durham, 36, is hitting .293 for the Giants, with an on-base percentage of .385, and in theory, he could help the Brewers as a utility player. But it is also very possible that he will press Rickie Weeks, the Brewers' every-day second baseman to this point, for playing time.

Weeks is hitting .218 with eight homers, and Milwaukee ranks dead last among all teams in batting average for second baseman (.222).

The identity of the other players and cash involved in the deal is not yet known. The seriousness of the Durham talks between the Giants and Brewers was reported by the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday.

The Brewers are in San Francisco this weekend, but Durham is not expected to play for Milwaukee on Sunday.