Hanwha Eagles vs LG Twins Prediction, 9/17/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs LG Twins

Date: Saturday, September 17, 2022

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Hyun Soo Kim and the LG Twins (76-46, 2nd in KBO) play the Hanwha Eagles (41-84, 10th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Saturday, September 17, 2022.

Hanwha has a slugging % of .357 and have struck out 1,118 times, while getting the free base on 435 occasions. They have earned 471 runs batted in as well as 1,056 base knocks on the year, and their average at the plate is at .247. The Eagles have tallied 185 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 83 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 508 runs while having a team OBP of .320. As a unit, the Hanwha Eagles are recording 4.0 runs/g, which puts them at 10th in KBO.

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Eun-won Jung is a batter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Jung has accumulated a batting average of .267 in his time in baseball, with 293 scored runs and an OPS of .735. He has fanned 394 times and earned a walk on 294 occasions, contributing to a .363 on-base %. In his career, Jung has slapped 29 baseballs out of the park while driving in 192 runs. His slugging percentage is .372 in addition to earning 730 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 2,298 times and came through with a base hit 525 times.

The Hanwha Eagles have a tally of 3,336 putouts this season, in addition to 1,242 assists and 118 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .975 which is 10th in the league and have earned 101 double plays. The Eagles have stolen 99 bases and have been thrown out 44 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 30.8%.

The Eagles have an ERA of 4.86 so far this year (10th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 842 batters. Hanwha has allowed 1,156 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 601 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.63 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.50. Eagles pitchers have surrendered 98 home runs and also 672 runs in total (1st in the league).

The Twins have a SLG% of .406 and they are recording 5.15 runs per outing (1st in KBO). They have hit 188 doubles, while taking a walk 409 times and putting up 638 runs. LG has compiled 107 HRs on the year to go along with 600 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 784 instances (10th in KBO) and are sitting with 1,166 base hits. The LG Twins have a team on-base percentage of .346 as well as a team batting average of .273 over the course of the season.

Hyun Soo Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Kim has earned a free base 952 times while fanning on 860 occasions. His OBP comes in at .394 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .875. Over the course of the 7,084 official at-bats in his career, Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .313 in addition to having 2,214 base hits. He has accrued 1,125 runs and racked up 1,304 RBIs. He has hit a home run 242 times, in addition to having 3,405 total bases and a .481 slugging percentage.

Of their 114 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 94 times and been caught 20 times (17.5% caught stealing rate). The LG Twins have twisted 115 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .982 (1st in KBO). The Twins have accrued 1,172 assists, 81 errors and have accumulated 3,327 putouts on the campaign.

The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.254 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.78 as a squad on the year. They have a ranking of 10th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,014. The LG pitching staff have surrendered 466 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.43 (423 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio is 2.33 (880 strikeouts vs 377 bases on balls). They have conceded 83 homers and they concede 3.78 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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