"As expected, the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday declined 2011 options on reliever Trevor Hoffman, left-hander Doug Davis and catcher Gregg Zaun, making each a free agent.

The Brewers had a mutual option on Hoffman for $7.5 million with a $750,000 buyout, a mutual option on Davis for $6.5 million with a $1 million buyout and a $2.25 million club option on Zaun with a $225,000 buyout.

Hoffman pitched his way out of the closer's role in May and though he later regrouped and made it to 601 career saves, the Brewers weren't going to pay him $7.5 million to be a setup man to new closer John Axford. Hoffman, 43, went 2-7 with a 5.89 ERA and 10 saves in 50 appearances.

Davis, 35, missed most of the season with a virus of his heart lining and later an ailing elbow. In eight starts, he went 1-4 with a 7.51 ERA. He underwent elbow surgery after the season.

Zaun, 39, was lost for the season in mid-May with a shoulder injury that needed surgery to repair a torn labrum. He batted .265 with two homers and 14 RBI in 28 games."