Left-handed free agent pitcher Doug Davis is scheduled to audition for teams next week in Tempe, Arizona, his agent Steve Canter says (via Jerry Crasnick of ESPN).

The 35-year-old had his mutual option with the Milwaukee Brewers declined after the 2010 season.  The team paid him the $1 million buyout rather than the $6.5 million salary. Davis has been sidelined for several months with a virus in the lining of his heart and then missed more time with elbow tendinitis.

Davis was 1-4 with a 7.51 ERA over eight starts with the Brewers in 2010.  His best season was arguably the one he had in 2004 when he went 12-12 and had a 3.39 ERA over 207 1/3 innings pitched in 34 starts.

Davis could be a good fourth or fifth starter on most teams.  If clubs sign him to an incentive-based deal, it would be very little risk.