Kiwoom Heroes vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 4/17/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Doosan Bears

Date: Sunday, April 17, 2022

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (-144) Doosan (+110)

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the site where Kyeong-min Ho and the Doosan Bears (6-3, 3rd in KBO) will take on the Kiwoom Heroes (6-4, 4th in KBO) on Sunday, April 17, 2022. The Bears open this game at +110 while the Heroes are priced at -144. The O/U has been set at 7.5.

Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .330 and have been called out on strikes 68 times, while drawing a walk on 34 occasions. They have accounted for 34 runs batted in in addition to 78 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .224. The Heroes have recorded 14 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 7 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 36 runs scored and have an OBP of .310. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are notching 3.6 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in KBO.

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Chan Hyeok Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Park has earned a batting average of .286 for his baseball career, with 2 runs scored and an OPS of .819. He has fanned 9 times and has been walked on 3 occasions, which has contributed to a .355 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Park has hit 1 baseballs over the fence while driving in 1 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .464 in addition to racking up 13 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 31 times and came through with a base base hit 8 times.

The Heroes have swiped 3 bases and have been thrown out 3 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 50.0%. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for 288 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 135 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .984 which ranks 2nd in KBO and have accumulated 10 double plays.

The Heroes have compiled a team earned run average of 2.63 so far this year (3rd in baseball), and the staff has struck out 64 hitters. Heroes pitchers have yielded 6 home runs and 35 runs in total (5th in the league). Kiwoom has yielded 81 base hits (7.6 per 9 innings) and 28 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.20 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.05.

The Bears have a team slugging % of .360 and they score 4.00 runs per contest (4th in baseball). They have recorded 14 doubles, while walking 25 times and recording 36 runs. Doosan has a total of 4 long balls this year in addition to 32 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 73 occasions (5th in the league) and have earned a total of 81 hits. The Doosan Bears have a team on-base percentage of .326 in addition to a team batting average of .267 so far this season.

Kyeong-min Ho is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. For the 3,812 official at-bats in his professional career, Ho has hit .295 and has racked up 1,124 base hits. He has gone deep 38 times, with 1,470 total bases and also a .386 slugging %. Ho has drawn a free base 302 times while going down on strikes on 354 attempts. He has a total of 597 runs in addition to having 471 RBIs. His on-base rate is .358 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .744.

Out of their 8 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 4 times and been caught 4 times (50.0% caught stealing rate). The Doosan Bears have turned 9 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .966 (9th in KBO). The Bears have racked up 96 assists, 12 errors and have accumulated 246 putouts on the campaign.

The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.280 with a FIP of 3.51 as a unit on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.00 (66 strikeouts against 33 walks). They are sitting at 8th in KBO as a staff in total hits allowed with 72. They have given up 2 homers and they allow 3.51 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 32 runs this season while holding an ERA of 2.74 (25 earned runs conceded).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (-144)

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