Doosan Bears vs SSG Landers Prediction, 4/29/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Doosan Bears vs SSG Landers
Date: Friday, April 29, 2022
Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea
TV: SPOTV2
Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (-163) SSG (-175)
Ji Hoon Choi and the SSG Landers (17-4, 1st in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (12-8, 2nd in KBO) at Incheon SSG Landers Field on Friday, April 29, 2022. The Landers open this contest at -175 while the Bears are coming in at -163. The O/U is set at 9.5.
The Bears have hit 30 doubles as a team and have knocked 6 balls out of the stadium. Doosan has a slugging percentage of .326 and have been called out on strikes 140 times, while taking a walk on 55 occasions. As a unit, the Doosan Bears are putting up 3.6 runs per game, which has them at 8th in baseball. They have 63 RBI's as well as 164 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average is .247. They have earned a total of 71 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .312.
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In Tae Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Kim has recorded a batting average of .252 for his career in baseball, in addition to 101 scored runs and an OPS of .720. He has gone down on strikes 143 times and has been walked on 113 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .355 OBP. For his career, Kim has hit 15 baseballs over the fence while driving in 93 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .365 and he has accumulated 263 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 856 times and has delivered a hit 182 times.
The Bears have swiped 14 bags and have been gunned down 6 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 30.0%. The Doosan Bears have 543 putouts for the season, as well as 205 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .971 which has them ranked 7th in KBO and they have twisted 29 double plays.
They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.79 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.34. Bears pitchers have relinquished 6 long balls and 73 runs in total (9th in baseball). Doosan has allowed 166 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 64 earned runs. The Bears are sitting with a team ERA of 3.18 over the course of the season (2nd in the league), and their staff has struck out 138 batters.
The SSG Landers have an on-base percentage of .338 in addition to a batting average of .255 this year. They have struck out on 141 occasions (6th in the league) and have earned 177 base hits. SSG has 11 home runs over the course of the season in addition to 97 runs batted in. The Landers hold a team slugging % of .374 and they have an average of 4.81 runs per contest (1st in KBO). They have hit 39 doubles, while getting a free base 75 times and scoring 101 runs.
Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter who should impact this game for SSG. Choi has earned a walk 96 times while going down on strikes on 166 attempts. He has compiled 155 runs and also has 79 RBIs. His OBP sits at .336 and he also has a career OPS of .687. He has hit a home run 7 times, with 352 total bases and also a .351 slugging %. For the 1,004 at-bats in his career, Choi has accrued an average at the plate of .265 and has racked up 266 hits.
The SSG Landers have turned 13 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (1st in the league). The Landers have recorded 206 assists, 9 errors and are sitting with 561 putouts on the campaign. In their 21 tries at getting a steal, they have made it 19 times and been caught 2 times (9.5% caught stealing rate).
The Landers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.070 with a FIP of 2.65 as a staff so far this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.42 (145 strikeouts against 60 free passes). They sit at 10th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 140. They have surrendered 11 homers and they surrender 2.65 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The SSG pitching staff have surrendered 55 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 2.60 (54 earned runs yielded).
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take SSG (-175) and under the total runs
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