How to keep Cody Ross after Friday?

Here's the thing. CF Kenny Lofton is back from the disabled list on Friday and the Dodgers will face a tough decision on who is sent down. Due to more-than-adequate play of Jason Repko, the odd man out seems to be Cody Ross. When Lofton is back, he's gonna man the CF, with Repko moved to LF and mainstay J.D. Drew at RF. Jose Cruz jr, becomes the fourth outfielder and Ross seems destined to go down to the minors.

However, since Ross is out of minor league options, he could (and probably will) be snatched by another team. Dodgers still have utility outfielder Jayson Werth (currently on a 60-day DL) and a spare LF in Ricky Ledee. Ross's fate seems to be decided, given Grady Little's quote in today's Daily News:

"It's a gamble," manager Grady Little said. "It would be
a shame with what we have seen so far, but that's life."

How to keep Ross, apart from having other teams look away when he's designated for assignment? Send down Tim Hamulack, who's probably the farthest from featuring in the one-two set-up punch that Little is sorting out. Yes, that would mean keeping only 11 pitchers, but Dodgers would retain Saito, a would-be long-reliever, and keep Ross.

If not, let's try to figure out some other way, shall we. Just don't let Cody go like this... He's a keeper, Grady.