Dodgers lose Jamie Hoffmann to Rockies

As expected, there hasn’t been much news coming out of the Dodgers’ camp in the first day of baseball’s winter meetings.

But the team cleared a spot on its previously full 40-man roster by placing minor-league outfielder Jamie Hoffmann on outright waivers, and Hoffmann was claimed by the Colorado Rockies.

This marks the second time the Dodgers have parted ways with the 27-year-old Hoffman, who impressed defensively over 14 games in his first major-league call-up in 2009.

In the off-season that followed, Hoffmann was picked in the Rule V draft by the Washington Nationals and immediately traded to the New York Yankees. Because Rule V players who are dropped from the major-league roster must be offered back to their original clubs, Hoffmann returned to the Dodgers system in March  2010.

Hoffmann played in two major-league games last season for the Dodgers and was 0 for 4. He hit .297 with 22 home runs and 84 runs batted in for triple-A Albuquerque.

— Dylan Hernandez in Dallas

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Photo: Jamie Hoffmann rounds third base after hitting his first major league home run in 2009. Credit: Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times