SAN FRANCISCO — The struggling San Francisco Giants designated infielder-outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. for assignment Wednesday along with catcher Sam Huff.

In addition, San Francisco signed infielder-outfielder Dominic Smith to a one-year major league contract, selected outfielder Daniel Johnson and catcher Andrew Knizner from Triple-A Sacramento while optioning infielder Christian Koss to Sacramento.

Manager Bob Melvin said Monday that with Wade’s struggle to produce his at-bats would likely go to others.

“It was tough,” Melvin said. “Look, LaMonte’s being realistic too when he said, ‘I get it, I haven’t performed very well,’ and I don’t know that at this point in time a little bit of a break and change of scenery won’t be good for him. We wish him the best going forward. I’m shocked if

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