Doosan Bears vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 4/20/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Thursday, April 20, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the venue where Eun-won Jung and the Hanwha Eagles (4-9, 9th in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (8-6, 4th in KBO) on Thursday, April 20, 2023.

Doosan is slugging .332 and have been called out on strikes 91 times, while drawing a walk on 59 occasions. They have compiled 54 RBI's as well as 111 base knocks over the course of the season, and their average at the plate sits at .241. The Bears have hit 16 doubles as a team and have hit 8 balls out of the park. They have racked up 60 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .337. As a team, the Doosan Bears are putting up 4.3 runs per game, which is 6th in the league.

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Kyeong-min Ho is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. In his career, Ho has drilled 226 balls out of the park while knocking in 801 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .528 in addition to earning 2,057 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he faced a pitcher 4,528 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,132 times. He has struck out 984 times and has been walked on 554 at-bats, contributing to a .380 OBP. Ho has accumulated a batting average of .291 for his career in baseball, with 684 runs scored and an OPS of .908.

The Bears have swiped 7 bases and have been caught 6 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 46.2%. The Doosan Bears have a tally of 376 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 121 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .971 which puts them in 7th in Korean baseball and they have twisted 7 double plays.

The Bears have a team earned run average of 3.88 for the year (5th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 105 hitters. Doosan has yielded 123 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 54 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.81 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.45. Bears pitchers have given up 7 long balls and 67 total runs (4th in KBO).

The Eagles hold a team slugging percentage of .312 and they score 4.00 runs per outing (8th in baseball). They have hit 24 two-baggers, while getting a free base 65 times as well as racking up 56 runs. Hanwha has compiled 5 home runs this year and 53 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 133 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have tallied 113 base knocks. The Hanwha Eagles have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .322 in addition to a team batting average of .229 this year.

Eun-won Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Jung has recorded a walk 245 times while going down on strikes on 623 plate appearances. His OBP is .358 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .805. Over the course of the 3,394 at-bats in his professional career, Jung has hit .298 with 1,013 base hits. He has accrued 447 runs in addition to having 612 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 99 times, in addition to having 1,516 total bases and a .447 slugging percentage.

Out of their 8 chances at swiping a bag, they have made it 5 times and been caught 3 times (37.5% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 14 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Eagles have recorded 145 assists, 12 errors and have 386 putouts on the campaign.

The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.412 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.69 as a pitching staff this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.88 (98 strikeouts vs 52 walks). They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 129. They have surrendered 9 homers and they concede 4.69 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 67 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.35 (62 earned runs conceded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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