Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 6/26/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Sunday, June 26, 2022

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Mike Tauchman and the Hanwha Eagles (22-45, 10th in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (32-37, 7th in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Sunday, June 26, 2022.

As a team, the Samsung Lions are putting up 4.1 runs per game, which is 6th in the league. They are sitting with 286 runs scored while having a team OBP of .320. The Lions have tallied 102 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 40 balls out of the stadium. They have accrued 270 runs batted in and 618 hits this season, and their average at the plate comes in at .260. Samsung is slugging .362 and have been called out on strikes 483 times, while drawing a walk on 198 occasions.

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Jose Pirela is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. In his career, Pirela has hit 179 balls out of the park while knocking in 938 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .430 and he has racked up 3,197 bases. For his time in baseball, he faced a pitcher 8,301 times and has reached base with a base hit 2,107 times. He has been struck out 1,191 times and has gotten a free base on 670 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .348 on-base percentage. Pirela has an average at the plate of .284 in his time in baseball, in addition to 1,174 scored runs and an OPS of .778.

The Samsung Lions have a total of 1,851 putouts this season, in addition to 690 assists and 64 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .975 which has them sitting 8th in Korean baseball and have a total of 55 double plays. The Lions have swiped 20 bags and have been thrown out 17 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 45.9%.

The Lions have a team earned run average of 3.76 this year (6th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 457 hitters. Samsung has relinquished 634 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and also 258 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.00 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.40. Lions pitchers have allowed 55 long balls and 310 runs in total (4th in KBO).

The Eagles hold a slugging % of .353 and they score 4.12 runs per contest (7th in KBO). They have hit 97 two-baggers, while getting a free base 230 times as well as scoring 280 runs. Hanwha has accumulated 44 HRs on the year to go along with 259 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 647 occasions (1st in baseball) and have a total of 552 base hits. The Hanwha Eagles have accumulated an on-base percentage of .313 in addition to a team batting average of .241 over the course of the season.

Mike Tauchman is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Tauchman has drawn a walk 490 times while striking out on 762 plate appearances. His OBP is .378 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .815. Over the course of the 3,980 at-bats in his professional career, Tauchman has an average at the plate of .297 in addition to 1,184 base hits. He has compiled 685 runs in addition to having 532 RBIs. He has gone yard 73 times, in addition to having 1,739 bases in total and a .437 slugging %.

The Hanwha Eagles have twisted 54 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .971 (10th in KBO). The Eagles have racked up 669 assists, 72 errors and have 1,783 putouts this year. Out of their 76 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 50 times and been caught 26 times (34.2% caught stealing percentage).

The Eagles have a WHIP of 1.533 with a FIP of 5.80 as a team so far this season. They come in at 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 649. The Hanwha pitching staff have conceded 383 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 5.20 (343 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.71 (447 strikeouts against 262 free passes). They have conceded 57 home runs and they allow 5.80 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Hanwha and under the total runs

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