SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 10/16/2021 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Saturday, October 16, 2021

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (-138) Lotte (+105)

Enderson Franco and the Lotte Giants (60-66, 8th in KBO) play the SSG Landers (60-60, 6th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Saturday. The Giants open this matchup at +105 while the Landers are coming in at -138. The total opens at 9.5. The expected starting pitchers are Tae Yang Lee and Enderson Franco.

As a team, the SSG Landers are notching 5.2 runs per contest, which is 2nd in the league. They have racked up 681 runs scored and have an OBP of .353. The Landers have hit 186 doubles as a squad and have knocked 169 balls out of the park. They have 640 RBI's as well as 1,167 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average sits at .260. SSG has a slugging rate of .419 and have struck out 951 times, while taking a walk on 578 occasions.

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Shin-Soo Choo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. In his professional baseball career, Choo has slapped 302 baseballs out of the park while driving in 1,218 runs. His career slugging percentage is .449 in addition to earning 4,137 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 10,829 times and got on base with a base knock 2,587 times. He has struck out 2,269 times and has been walked on 1,317 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .381 OBP. Choo is sitting with a batting avereage of .281 for his career in baseball, in addition to 1,503 scored runs and an OPS of .449.

The Landers have stolen 98 bases and have been caught 41 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 29.5%. The SSG Landers have a tally of 3,512 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,281 assists and 91 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which ranks 5th in KBO and they have turned 113 double plays.

The Landers have a team earned run average of 4.91 this season (8th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 942 hitters. Landers pitchers have conceded 139 home runs in addition to 684 total runs (2nd in the league). SSG has surrendered 1,176 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 639 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.62 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.50.

Lee has taken the hill for 633 innings and has racked up 435 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 0.56 (374 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.430. He has given up 724 base hits (10.3 hits per nine innings) with 218 free passes. Lee (25-45 record in his career) has earned a FIP of 5.58 while he has gone up against 2,796 hitters in baseball.

Lotte has a total of 97 home runs over the course of the season and 651 RBIs. They hit 242 doubles, while walking 550 times and putting up 679 runs. The Lotte Giants hold an OBP of .358 and a team batting average of .278 on the season. The Giants hold a team slugging percentage of .397 and they score 5.14 runs per contest (3rd in KBO). They have struck out on 903 occasions (6th in baseball) and are sitting with 1,280 base hits.

Ah-seop Son is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Son has drawn a walk 797 times while going down on strikes on 1,066 occasions. He has accumulated 1,137 runs and racked up 865 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .400 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .864. He has hit a home run 163 times, as well as 2,951 bases in total and also a .464 slugging percentage. In the 6,356 official at-bats in his pro career, Son has accrued an average at the plate of .323 with 2,055 hits.

The Lotte Giants have twisted 114 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in Korean baseball). The Giants have racked up 1,282 assists, 78 errors and have a tally of 3,489 putouts for the year. In their 132 chances at getting a steal, they have been successful 90 times and been caught 42 times (31.8% caught stealing percentage).

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.577 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.80 as a unit this year. They are sitting at 1st in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,237. The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 749 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 5.44 (703 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.59 (949 strikeouts vs 597 free passes). They have allowed 124 homers and they allow 5.80 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

In his career, Franco has allowed 1,223 base hits while he has tallied 847 punch outs in 1,109 frames. Franco (58-67 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a 4.58 earned run average while surrendering 9.9 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 564 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.429 and a FIP of 5.2. His K/BB ratio is 2.34 and he has faced 4,868 opposing hitters during his pro baseball career.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Lotte (+105) and under the total runs

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