Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 8/27/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers

Date: Saturday, August 27, 2022

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Dae-ho Lee and the Lotte Giants (50-59, 6th in KBO) are headed to Incheon SSG Landers Field on Saturday, August 27, 2022, where they'll take on the SSG Landers (75-34, 1st in KBO).

The Giants have accounted for 181 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 83 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .378 and have been called out on strikes 783 times, while being walked on 322 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are knocking in 4.1 runs/g, which is 10th in baseball. They have tallied 437 RBI's in addition to 1,006 base knocks for the year, while their batting average is sitting at .260. They have accumulated 463 runs while holding a team OBP of .321.

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Dae-ho Lee is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. In his pro baseball career, Lee has drilled 480 baseballs out of the park while driving in 1,795 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .506 and he has a total of 4,777 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 10,739 times and also came through with a base hit 2,868 times. He has struck out 1,462 times and earned a walk on 992 at-bats, contributing to a .380 on-base percentage. Lee has accrued an average at the plate of .304 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,238 scored runs and an OPS of .886.

The Giants have stolen 75 bases and have been caught 30 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 28.6%. The Lotte Giants have accumulated 3,033 putouts thus far, as well as 1,127 assists and 89 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which ranks 6th in the league and they have twisted 100 double plays.

The Giants are sitting with a team ERA of 4.39 over the course of the season (8th in the league), and the staff has rung up 936 hitters. Giants pitchers have given up 62 long balls and 552 runs in total (3rd in KBO). Lotte has conceded 1,067 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 493 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.38 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.44.

SSG has hit 99 home runs this year and 529 runs batted in. They have notched 191 two-baggers, while walking 419 times and scoring 560 runs. The SSG Landers are sitting with a team OBP of .339 and a batting average of .258 so far this season. The Landers hold a team SLG% of .395 and they have an average of 5.00 runs per contest (3rd in KBO). They have been rung up on 852 instances (3rd in baseball) and have 986 hits.

Seong Han Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Park has earned a free base 112 times while fanning on 176 tries. His on-base percentage sits at .364 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .728. Over the course of the 945 at-bats in his baseball career, Park has hit .288 and has racked up 272 hits. He has recorded 113 runs and has 103 runs batted in. He has homered 8 times, with 344 total bases and a .364 slugging percentage.

Out of their 101 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 76 times and been caught 25 times (24.8% caught stealing rate). The SSG Landers have turned 107 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Landers have 1,140 assists, 80 errors and have a total of 3,046 putouts for the year.

The Landers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.261 in addition to having a FIP of 4.07 as a unit on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.25 (795 strikeouts vs 354 free passes). They sit at 9th in KBO as a staff in total hits allowed with 926. They have relinquished 97 home runs and they relinquish 4.07 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The SSG pitching staff have allowed 459 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.71 (419 earned runs conceded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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