Doosan Bears vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 6/24/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Saturday, June 24, 2023

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Suk Hwan Yang and the Doosan Bears (30-32, 5th in KBO) go to Gocheok Sky Dome on Saturday, June 24, 2023, where they'll take on the Kiwoom Heroes (31-35, 6th in KBO).

As a squad, the Doosan Bears are putting up 4.0 runs/g, which ranks them 9th in baseball. They have tallied 254 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .331. The Bears have hit 88 doubles as a team and have hit 44 balls out of the park. They have amassed 231 runs batted in and 537 base knocks over the course of the season, while their average at the plate sits at .253. Doosan is slugging .367 and have been called out on strikes 417 times, while being walked on 220 occasions.

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Suk Hwan Yang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Yang has earned a batting average of .263 in his time in baseball, with 336 scored runs and an OPS of .752. He has fanned 618 times and has gotten a free base on 186 at-bats, contributing to a .315 on-base percentage. For his career, Yang has hit 109 balls out of the park while driving in 442 runs. His slugging percentage is .437 and he has totaled 1,189 bases. For his career, he stepped up to the plate 2,986 times and has come through with a hit 715 times.

The Bears have stolen 22 bases and have been caught 21 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 48.8%. The Doosan Bears have accounted for 1,671 putouts on the campaign, as well as 549 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .974 which is 8th in KBO and they have twisted 45 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.93 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.42. Bears pitchers have allowed 38 home runs and 307 total runs (3rd in the league). Doosan has surrendered 561 hits (9.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 269 earned runs. The Bears hold a team earned run average of 4.35 on the campaign (8th in the league), and they have rung up 446 hitters.

Kiwoom has tallied 28 home runs over the course of the season as well as 270 RBIs. They have hit 114 doubles, while taking a walk 239 times and scoring 281 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .329 as well as a team batting average of .254 for the year. The Heroes have a team SLG% of .349 and they are earning 4.13 runs per game (7th in the league). They have struck out on 522 instances (2nd in the league) and have accounted for 608 hits.

Jung Hoo Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Lee has drawn a free base 372 times while going down on strikes on 299 tries. His OBP sits at .406 and he has a career OPS of .898. Over the course of the 3,403 at-bats in his professional career, Lee has hit .339 in addition to having 1,152 base hits. He has a total of 570 runs and also has 509 RBIs. He has gone yard 65 times, as well as 1,673 bases in total and also a .492 slugging percentage.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 63 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .980 (6th in the league). The Heroes have 669 assists, 52 errors and have a total of 1,841 putouts this season. Out of their 70 chances at stealing a base, they have had success 53 times and been caught 17 times (24.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Kiwoom pitching staff have relinquished 264 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 3.43 (234 earned runs yielded). They have given up 31 homers and they concede 3.87 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.283 with a FIP of 3.87 as a squad so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.58 (488 strikeouts against 189 bases on balls). They sit at 3rd in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 598.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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