SSG Landers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 5/17/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Seung Ho Kang and the Doosan Bears (20-16, 3rd in KBO) host the SSG Landers (25-12, 1st in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

As a unit, the SSG Landers are scoring 4.4 runs/g, which has them at 4th in the league. They have accounted for 168 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .322. The Landers have tallied 69 doubles as a unit and have knocked 23 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 159 RBI's and 305 base knocks for the season, and their batting average is at .241. SSG is slugging .363 and have been called out on strikes 287 times, while drawing a walk on 131 occasions.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for SSG. For his professional baseball career, Choi has hit 8 baseballs out of the park while driving in 84 runs. His slugging percentage is .359 and he has totaled 382 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 1,211 times and has come through with a hit 283 times. He has struck out 175 times and has walked on 101 occasions, which contributes in part to a .336 on-base percentage. Choi has accumulated a batting average of .266 for his career, with 165 scored runs and an OPS of .695.

The Landers have stolen 40 bags and have been gunned down 4 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 9.1%. The SSG Landers have accumulated 1,031 putouts this year, in addition to 389 assists and 21 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which has them sitting 1st in KBO and they have twisted 35 double plays.

The Landers have an ERA of 3.30 for the season (4th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 264 batters. SSG has conceded 282 base hits (7.4 per 9 innings) as well as 126 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.22 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.17. Landers pitchers have allowed 24 home runs and also 128 runs in total (10th in the league).

Doosan has compiled 14 long balls so far this season to go along with 133 RBIs. They hit 50 doubles, while taking a walk 121 times as well as earning 147 runs. The Doosan Bears have a team on-base percentage of .316 and a batting average of .243 on the year. The Bears have a slugging percentage of .323 and they score 4.08 runs per game (7th in baseball). They have been rung up on 235 instances (10th in KBO) and have totaled 292 hits.

Seung Ho Kang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Kang has earned a free base 39 times while fanning on 193 chances. He has accounted for 110 runs in addition to having earned 86 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .286 and he has a career OPS of .713. He has hit it out of the park 15 times, as well as 264 total bases and also a .367 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 719 at-bats in his professional career, Kang has compiled an average at the plate of .242 in addition to having 174 base hits.

The Doosan Bears have twisted 41 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .972 (9th in KBO). The Bears have racked up 348 assists, 38 errors and have notched a total of 971 putouts during this campaign. Of their 30 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 22 times and been caught 8 times (26.7% caught stealing percentage).

The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.312 and have a FIP of 3.81 as a pitching staff this season. They rank 9th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 290. The Doosan pitching staff have yielded 137 runs for the year while having an ERA of 3.29 (118 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.84 (246 strikeouts against 134 walks). They have surrendered 20 dingers and they allow 3.81 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG

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