Maddon on the decision to call up outfielder Brandon Guyer, who made his MLB debut tonight:
Joe Maddon, Super Genius
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↵It's purely based on Niemann's down, we don't need that other starter until next week. So we want to be able to give Sam [Fuld] a day off today. Left handed pitcher for them [Zach Britton]. Why not bring up Brandon? It just makes sense. So that's what we did.
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↵I’ve never heard of bringing up a hitter just to give another hitter a game off.
↵In Guyer’s first at-bat, he hit a two-run homer off Britton.
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