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Farewells to Figgins and Hynes, and surgery for Fife

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On August 13, 2014

In Health/injuries, Pregame, Transactions

Dodgers at Braves, 4:10 p.m.
Dee Gordon, 2B
Yasiel Puig, CF
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Matt Kemp, RF
Carl Crawford, LF
Juan Uribe, 3B
A.J. Ellis, C
Miguel Rojas, SS
Hyun-Jin Ryu, P

By Jon Weisman

Chone Figgins and the Dodgers have parted ways, while Stephen Fife has heard the dreaded words, “Tommy John surgery.”

The Dodgers asked for unconditional release waivers on Figgins, determining that they were content with their current reserve infield depth of Justin Turner, Miguel Rojas and Darwin Barney, not to mention Alex Guerrero, Erisbel Arruebarrena and Carlos Triunfel.

Also leaving the organization was minor-league reliever Colt Hynes, who had been designated for assignment and was claimed by the Toronto Blue Jays.

Fife, meanwhile, saw his most challenging season come to a difficult end. He made 11 appearances (nine starts) for Triple-A Albuquerque, battling injuries on his way to a 7.01 ERA with a 1.83 WHIP, along with one of the two starts by minor-league callups for the Dodgers this year. Dr. Neal ElAttrache was scheduled to operate today to repair Fife’s ulnar collateral ligament.

Hanley Ramirez placed on disabled list, Darwin Barney recalled

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On August 10, 2014

In Health/injuries, Pregame, Transactions

Dodgers at Brewers, 11:10 a.m.
Kershaw CCI: The Kershawering Inferno
Dee Gordon, 2B
Carl Crawford, LF
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Matt Kemp, RF
Andre Ethier, CF
Juan Uribe, 3B
A.J. Ellis, C
Miguel Rojas, SS
Clayton Kershaw, P

By Jon Weisman

Reality asserted itself upon Hanley Ramirez, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to Saturday) with a right oblique strain.

Darwin Barney, recently acquired from the Cubs, was brought up from Triple-A Albuquerque to take Ramirez’s roster spot.

Ramirez is the eighth Dodger currently on the 15- or 60-day disabled lists, but the only non-pitcher after Josh Beckett, Chad Billingsley, Onelki Garcia, Paul Maholm, Chris Perez, Paco Rodriguez and Chris Withrow.

Barney was 9 for 35 with three walks and a double with the Isotopes.

The Dodgers also designated relief pitcher Colt Hynes for assignment. Acquired from the Indians in April, Hynes had a 4.08 ERA and 46 strikeouts in 53 innings with Albuquerque.

Meanwhile, Yasiel Puig gets a rest after starting 15 consecutive games. Puig has a .381 on-base percentage and .586 slugging percentage in that period, but is 0 for 8 with a walk in the two previous Milwaukee games.

Update: A note from Don Mattingly’s media session today was that newly acquired Kevin Correia could start for the Dodgers as soon as Monday in Atlanta, to give an extra day of rest to rest of the rotation.

Dodgers acquire lefty Hynes from Indians, DFA Baxter

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On April 6, 2014

In Transactions, Uncategorized

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By Jon Weisman

Colt Hynes, a 28-year-old lefthander who had 58 strikeouts and two walks in 47 1/3 innings in Triple-A last season, has been acquired by the Dodgers from Cleveland in exchange for Double-A righty Duke von Schamann.

Hynes was added to the 40-man roster and optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque, forcing the Dodgers to designate Mike Baxter for assignment.

Hynes has been a reliever all of his career, except for 21 starts for Tucson in 2012. Hynes pitched 17 innings for San Diego with a 9.00 ERA and 13 strikeouts before being acquired by Cleveland on the last day of October.

Von Schamann, who pitched seven innings of two-hit shutout ball with two strikeouts for Chattanooga on Friday, had a 4.67 ERA with 100 strikeouts in 131 innings split between Rancho Cucamonga and Chattanooga last year.

Baxter, an outfielder and pinch-hitting specialist acquired in October from the Mets, went 0 for 7 in four games this year for Los Angeles.

 

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