Dodgers sign Shea Hillenbrand — to a minor-league deal

The Dodgers have signed veteran first baseman Shea Hillenbrand to a minor-league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Las Vegas. Hillenbrand was released twice already this season, once by the Angels and later by the Padres, for whom he never played in the majors and went 5 for 34 at Triple-A Portland.