PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired left-hander Doug
Davis from Milwaukee on Saturday in a six-player deal that sent
catcher Johnny Estrada to the Brewers.

Right-handers Greg Aquino and Claudio Vargas also went to Milwaukee,
while the Diamondbacks obtained a pair of youngsters, left-hander Dana
Eveland and outfielder Dave Krynzel.

Davis, 31, is 62-63 with a 4.35 ERA in eight major league seasons. He
was 11-11 with a 4.91 ERA in 34 starts last season with Milwaukee and,
like Estrada, is arbitration-eligible.

Estrada, 30, hit .301 with 11 home runs and 71 RBIs during his only
season with Arizona. The switch-hitting former All-Star had the sixth
best batting average among NL catchers.

Starting pitching behind NL Cy Young Award winner Brandon Webb was a
major weakness for the Diamondbacks last season.

Davis, who has thrown at least 200 innings each of the last three
seasons, joins Webb and Livan Hernandez in Arizona's projected
rotation for next season.

Estrada was acquired by the Diamondbacks in a trade with Atlanta a
year ago. Despite his success at the plate, Estrada was unhappy in
Arizona and made it clear late in the season he would prefer to move on.

The Diamondbacks believe minor league catcher Miguel Montero is ready
for the majors, and Chris Snyder is coming off a solid season as
Estrada's backup.

The Brewers, meanwhile, like what Estrada brings to their lineup.

"Estrada has been a very good offensive catcher during his career,"
Milwaukee general manager Doug Melvin said. "His ability to switch
hit, and his high contact-low strikeout approach is something that the
Brewers offense has been missing."

The hard-throwing Aquino played parts of the last three seasons with
the Diamondbacks, going 2-3 with a 4.93 ERA in 111 relief appearance.
As a rookie, in 2004, he had 16 saves.

Vargas resurrected his career after being waived by the Washington
Nationals during the 2004 season. He was 21-16 with a 4.82 ERA in 52
appearances, 49 starts, for the Diamondbacks. Last season, Vargas was
12-10 with a 4.92 ERA.

Eveland, 23, is 1-4 with a 6.98 ERA in 36 major league games. He spent
most of last season with Triple-A Nashville, going 6-5 with a 2.74 ERA
in 20 games, 19 of them starts.

Krynzel, 24, has a .188 average in 21 big league games. Last year in
Nashville, he hit .231 with seven homers, 40 RBIs and 23 stolen bases.
He was Brewers' first-round pick, 11th overall, in the 2000 draft