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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.
