Dodgers call up Jamie Hoffmann, return John Ely to triple-A; Jon Garland lined up to start Friday
Hope he can hit.
The Dodgers added outfielder Jamie Hoffmann (pictured at left) to the 25-man roster before their game Monday against the Giants and sent right-hander John Ely back to triple-A Albuquerque.
That means the Dodgers are ready to activate right-hander Jon Garland the next time the fifth spot in the rotation comes up on Friday.
Which also means Hoffmann is scheduled to hang around for four games until then. Unless, of course, he actually hits in those few days and forces his way for a longer stay. The way the Dodgers are hitting, the opening is certainly there.
Hoffmann is the outfielder claimed in the Rule 5 draft a year ago, who nearly made the Yankees before being returned to the Dodgers.
In his first four games at Albuquerque, the right-handed hitting Hoffman was five for 11, with a pair of runs batted in and runs.
Ely started Sunday against the Padres and was fairly mediocre. He went 5 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on six hits and three walks. He struck out five.
Garland, meanwhile, threw a rehab game for the Inland Empire 66ers on Sunday. He allowed three runs on six hits in 4 2/3 innings.
-- Steve Dilbeck
Photo credit: Morry Gash / Associated Press
YES!!!! Ely & Garland to the rescue! World Series here we come!
Posted by: FormerLifelongDodgerFan | 04/11/2011 at 06:20 PM
HA I mean HOFFMAN and Garland to the rescue!!! Seriously, though...this is pathetic. I state the obvious.
Posted by: FormerLifelongDodgerFan | 04/11/2011 at 06:21 PM
If Ely was fairly mediocre, then I'd say Garland managed to get all the way there considering we was going up against 1A competition.
I doubt Hoffman even clears the dugout steps during his stay.
Posted by: Labeldude | 04/11/2011 at 06:28 PM
Garland, Hoffman and Ely... was a time when those names meant something special in Tinseltown... Judy, Dustin & Ron (ok, two out of three ain't bad).
That was then and this is now.
Posted by: 16blows | 04/11/2011 at 09:02 PM
Hoffman better hit a ton if he plans to hang around more than four days because there'll be no open outfield spots for him come late May. Mr. Jerry Sands (a.k.a. as the prospect a certain LA Times blogger thought wasn't ready yet) is tearing up AAA.
Posted by: Steele Here | 04/11/2011 at 09:02 PM
It's Jamie Hoffmann! Two N's people, let's get this right!
Posted by: John Larson | 04/13/2011 at 01:18 PM
John Larson: Ouch, that one's on me. Has been corrected, thanks.
Posted by: Steve Dilbeck | 04/13/2011 at 01:42 PM