Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 6/8/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Dae-ho Lee and the Lotte Giants (24-28, 8th in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (26-28, 6th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

The Lions have compiled 86 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 35 balls out of the stadium. Samsung is slugging .371 and have struck out 371 times, while being walked on 160 occasions. As a team, the Samsung Lions are putting up 4.4 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 5th in baseball. They have amassed 222 runs batted in as well as 479 base knocks over the course of the season, while their average at the plate is at .259. They have tallied 236 runs scored and hold an OBP of .321.

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Min-ho Kang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For his professional baseball career, Kang has hit 291 balls out of the park while driving in 1,044 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .461 and he has accumulated 3,007 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 7,479 times and has notched a hit 1,792 times. He has struck out 1,371 times and earned a walk on 693 occasions, which contributes in part to a .354 OBP. Kang has hit .275 for his baseball career, with 833 scored runs and an OPS of .815.

The Lions have stolen 15 bags and have been thrown out 14 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 48.3%. The Samsung Lions have notched a total of 1,438 putouts thus far, in addition to 540 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .976 which has them sitting 7th in the league and have earned 44 double plays.

The Lions are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.85 so far this year (6th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 359 batters. Lions pitchers have yielded 48 home runs in addition to 244 runs in total (4th in the league). Samsung has conceded 494 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) and 205 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.99 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.41.

The Giants hold a team slugging % of .363 and they score 3.81 runs per outing (9th in KBO). They hit 74 two-baggers, while getting a free base 144 times and scoring 206 runs. Lotte has accumulated 40 HRs over the course of the season in addition to 193 runs batted in. They have struck out on 370 occasions (8th in baseball) and have earned a total of 464 base hits. The Lotte Giants are sitting with an OBP of .310 as well as a team batting average of .251 for the season.

Dae-ho Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Lee has drawn a free base 974 times while fanning on 1,438 plate appearances. His OBP is .380 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .887. For the 9,214 at-bats in his baseball career, Lee has a batting average of .304 in addition to having 2,798 base knocks. He is sitting with 1,218 runs and also has 1,750 runs batted in. He has gone deep 471 times, in addition to having 4,667 total bases and a .507 slugging percentage.

Of their 53 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 35 times and been caught 18 times (34.0% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have twisted 58 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .976 (6th in the league). The Giants have recorded 573 assists, 50 errors and have accounted for 1,454 putouts this year.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.359 in addition to having a FIP of 4.51 as a pitching staff so far this year. They rank 6th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 469. The Lotte pitching staff have given up 243 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 3.96 (213 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.43 (459 strikeouts against 189 free passes). They have allowed 26 dingers and they surrender 4.51 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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