The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired 36-year old switch hitting 2B Ray Durham from the Giants for pitcher Steve Hammond and outfielder Darren Ford. This was a high price to pay for the Brewers if they are going to use Durham off the bench. I have a feeling that the Brewers are starting to lose patience with the very highly overrated Rickie Weeks at 2B. Durham played in 87 games for the Giants this season and he was 77 for 263 (.293 avg, .799 OPS) with 43 runs scored, 3 homers, 32 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. Durham has had a successful major league career to date and the Brewers’ expect him to give them a boost on offense. Durham has now played in 1,934 games in his major league career and he is 2,024 for 7,301 (.277 avg, .787 OPS) with 1,228 runs scored, 189 homers, 862 RBIs and 271 stolen bases. The Brewers didn’t get Durham cheap as Hammond (#23) and Darren Ford (#21) were two highly ranked players in the Brewers’ farm system coming into the 2008 season according to Baseball America. Still, the Brewers are going for it now and they did make the major league team better by adding Ray Durham.