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Maddon likes Bryant's right-center ability

CHICAGO -- Kris Bryant, who hit his first big league triple Tuesday night to right field, expects more opposite-field hits. So does Cubs manager Joe Maddon.

"That's who he is," Maddon said Wednesday of the Cubs' top prospect. "His left-field foul line should be left-center and then move it over from there. If he's hooking the ball a lot, he's not going to be happy.

"I was really happy to see the ball go that way," Maddon said of the triple to right. "You'll see a lot of home runs to right-center. He's one of those rare dudes who can hit the ball out to the opposite gap in any ballpark, and you'll see that this summer.