Smith will see his plate appearances cut back after Arizona manager Torey Lovullo announced that Daulton Varsho will become the team's primary right fielder, as reported by Steve Gilbert of MLB.com. Smith, who was not in the starting lineup for the second time in four games Monday, went 0-for-1 as a pinch hitter and played right field for the final inning of a 5-4 loss to the Reds.

EDGE Analysis

Lovullo's decision to go with Alek Thomas in center field and Varsho in right puts a damper on Smith's at-bats. He was already being crowded by Jake McCarthy's roster presence and will be part of the mix at designated hitter and fill in at first base for Christian Walker. Smith, who has five hits over his last 51 at-bats (.098), is slashing .200/.286/.362 with eight home runs and 26 RBI over 210 plate appearances.

Smith isn't starting Monday's game against the Reds.

EDGE Analysis

Smith will get a breather after he went 0-for-7 with a walk and a strikeout over the last two games. Daulton Varsho is starting in right field while Jake McCarthy serves as the designated hitter.

Smith is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Phillies.

EDGE Analysis

Smith clubbed a solo homer Thursday but has a .495 OPS through seven games in June and will take a seat Friday even though Philadelphia is sending righty Kyle Gibson to the mound. Daulton Varsho will rest his legs at designated hitter while Jose Herrera works behind the plate.

Smith went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and two runs scored Thursday against the Reds.

EDGE Analysis

Smith took Tyler Mahle yard in the fifth inning to record his eighth home run of the season. He's homered five times in his last 16 games, also racking up 11 RBI and eight runs scored in that span. Overall, Smith has maintained a .210/.295/.381 line across 200 plate appearances on the season.

Smith isn't starting Monday against the Reds.

EDGE Analysis

Smith started in the last six games and hit just .136 with a homer, a double, four RBI and two runs during that time. Daulton Varsho will serve as the designated hitter while Jose Herrera starts behind the plate Monday.

Smith went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Monday's 6-2 victory against the Braves.

EDGE Analysis

Smith had only one hit in the game, but it was a big one. The 26-year-old smacked a 417-foot three-run shot to right field off Spencer Strider in the first inning that accounted for half of Arizona's run output. Smith has gone deep four times in his past eight games, and he already has seven homers on the campaign after collecting 11 long balls over 545 plate appearances last season.

Smith is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Dodgers.

EDGE Analysis

With southpaw Tyler Anderson on the hill for the Dodgers, the lefty-hitting Smith will be the odd man out of the starting nine. Smith had started in each of the Diamondbacks' last six games, going 5-for-21 with two home runs, five walks, five RBI and four runs.

Smith was added to the lineup for Saturday's game against the Dodgers and will bat second while serving as the the designated hitter.

EDGE Analysis

Smith was set for a day off but will instead be in the lineup in place of Daulton Varsho, who was scratched the day after he left Friday's series opener due to shoulder soreness. Smith started the season slowly but has looked better over his last 10 games, slashing .265/.359/.529 with three homers, though he's also struck out 33.3 percent of the time over that stretch.

Smith isn't starting Saturday's game against the Dodgers.

EDGE Analysis

Smith started in the last five games and went 5-for-17 with two homers, five RBI, four runs, five walks and five strikeouts during that time. However, Jake McCarthy will draw the start in right field and bat sixth Saturday.

Smith recently incorporated a small stride in his swing mechanics, which helped the outfielder emerge from a slump, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports.

EDGE Analysis

The mechanical tweak -- picking up his right foot and striding forward -- was something Smith worked on with the help of Arizona's strength coach Vaughn Robinson and assistant hitting coach Rick Short. It was a blending of philosophies, marrying traditional hitting instruction with ways to optimize movement patterns. "It's a collaborative effort. We bounce ideas off each other and we all kind of come up with a program. It was a collaborative effort and it helped sync Pavin back up. I think he's feeling better," Short said. The collaboration worked for Smith, who said he felt lost at the plate a week ago, like he was falling away from the plate while swinging. Since incorporating the small stride step, he's hit three home runs over the last four games.