Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Pavin Smith is not in the lineup on Friday afternoon against right-hander Jameson Taillon and the Chicago Cubs.
Smith started at designated hitter and went 0-for-3 with a walk drawn in Thursday's series opener. Tommy Pham is shifting to DH on Friday afternoon while Lourdes Gurriel starts in left field and hits sixth.
Pham has a $6,000 salary on Friday's single-game slate and numberFire's models project him for 10.8 FanDuel points. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Diamondbacks have a deflated implied total (3.84) and the game total is a pitcher-friendly 7.5. Taillon is struggling this season and enters Friday with a 5.36 xERA and 20.7% strikeout rate.
Source: MLB.com