Doosan Bears vs LG Twins Prediction, 6/16/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs LG Twins

Date: Friday, June 16, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Chang-ki Hong and the LG Twins (36-23, 2nd in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (29-27, 5th in KBO) on Friday, June 16, 2023.

Doosan has a slugging percentage of .368 and have been called out on strikes 380 times, while drawing a walk on 196 occasions. They have accumulated 214 RBI's and 479 hits this year, while their batting average is at .251. The Bears have hit 77 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 42 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 235 runs scored while having a team OBP of .328. As a squad, the Doosan Bears are knocking in 4.1 runs per outing, which puts them at 8th in baseball.

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Ui-ji Yang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. In his career, Yang has drilled 234 balls out of the park while knocking in 974 runs. His career slugging percentage is .502 and he has totaled 2,618 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 6,081 times and also came through with a base hit 1,600 times. He has been struck out 670 times and has taken a walk on 598 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .390 OBP. Yang has earned a batting average of .307 in his time in baseball, in addition to 784 scored runs and an OPS of .892.

The Doosan Bears have notched a total of 1,515 putouts this season, as well as 500 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .976 which is 8th in the league and they have twisted 40 double plays. The Bears have stolen 19 bases and have been caught 18 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 48.6%.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.99 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.37. Bears pitchers have conceded 34 home runs in addition to 262 runs in total (5th in the league). Doosan has allowed 489 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 231 earned runs. The Bears are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.12 on the season (7th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 404 hitters.

LG has tallied 33 home runs this year as well as 292 RBIs. They have hit 100 doubles, while walking 267 times as well as racking up 306 runs. The LG Twins have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .364 and a team batting average of .277 for the year. The Twins hold a slugging percentage of .384 and they have an average of 5.02 runs per contest (1st in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 373 occasions (10th in baseball) and are sitting with 573 base hits.

Chang-ki Hong is a batter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Hong has earned a walk 322 times while striking out on 361 occasions. His OBP is .423 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .819. Over the course of the 1,762 at-bats in his professional career, Hong has accrued an average at the plate of .300 in addition to 529 hits. He has amassed 337 runs and racked up 182 runs batted in. He has hit a home run 13 times, as well as 697 bases in total and a .396 slugging %.

Out of their 56 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 45 times and been caught 11 times (19.6% caught stealing percentage). The LG Twins have twisted 52 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .972 (10th in Korean baseball). The Twins have 539 assists, 63 errors and have accumulated 1,655 putouts for the year.

The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.341 in addition to having a FIP of 4.37 as a squad on the campaign. They rank 4th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 518. The LG pitching staff have conceded 268 runs for the season while having an ERA of 3.61 (221 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.91 (422 strikeouts against 221 walks). They have surrendered 32 HR's and they give up 4.37 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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