Outfielder Jake Smolinski agreed to a $775,000, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Rymer Liriano was hit in the face by a pitch Sunday, and there was blood around his nose when he was carried off the field on a backboard.
The Giants placed left fielder Nori Aoki on the seven-day concussion list Thursday, one day after he had to leave the game with symptoms from a head injury sustained last weekend.
The Royals placed All-Star outfielder Alex Gordon on the disabled list Thursday with a strained left groin and expect him to miss eight weeks.
Brock Holt became the first Red Sox player in almost 19 years to hit for the cycle Tuesday, doubling in the first, singling in the fifth, homering in the seventh and tripling in his final at-bat.
Hunter Pence could be headed back to the disabled list.
