The San Francisco Giants designated veteran first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr . for assignment on Wednesday and signed former first-round pick Dominic Smith to a major league contract, among several moves.

In addition, catcher Sam Huff was also DFA'd and infielder Christian Koss was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento after Tuesday's game.

In related moves, the Giants selected outfielder Daniel Johnson and catcher Andrew Knizner from Sacramento.

Wade, 31, was playing on a one-year deal worth $5 million. A .238 career batter, Wade was scuffling, hitting just .167 in 50 games with a homer and 15 RBIs. He was in his fifth season with the Giants, batting .240 with 52 HRs in 488 games.

He has a career .742 OPS with 54 home runs and 182 RBIs with the Minnesota Twins (2019-20) and Giants.

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