Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/10/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Gweon Su An and the Lotte Giants (15-9, 2nd in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (13-14, 6th in KBO) on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

Doosan has a slugging % of .351 and have been rung up 181 times, while drawing a walk on 105 occasions. They have accumulated 98 runs batted in as well as 225 hits this year, while their team batting average comes in at .241. The Bears have accounted for 33 doubles as a unit and have hit 20 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 110 runs while holding a team OBP of .326. As a squad, the Doosan Bears are recording 3.9 runs per contest, which ranks them 8th in baseball.

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Jae Hwan Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. In his career, Kim has drilled 226 balls out of the park while knocking in 804 runs. For his career, he came to the plate 4,575 times and also came through with a base hit 1,142 times. Kim has accumulated a batting average of .290 for his baseball career, in addition to 688 scored runs and an OPS of .906. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .526 in addition to earning 2,070 bases. He has gone down on strikes 993 times and has walked on 562 occasions, which contributes in part to a .380 on-base %.

The Doosan Bears have accumulated 748 putouts on the year, in addition to 247 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .972 which has them sitting 8th in KBO and have earned 18 double plays. The Bears have stolen 10 bases and have been caught 10 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 50.0%.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.95 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.38. Bears pitchers have allowed 20 home runs and also 134 runs in total (1st in baseball). Doosan has given up 234 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 111 earned runs. The Bears are sitting with a team ERA of 4.01 for the year (6th in the league), and their staff has struck out 213 hitters.

The Giants hold a team SLG% of .360 and they are scoring 5.04 runs per game (2nd in KBO). They have recorded 32 two-baggers, while walking 91 times as well as scoring 121 runs. Lotte has a total of 12 long balls on the season in addition to 109 RBIs. They have struck out on 152 occasions (10th in KBO) and have earned 212 hits. The Lotte Giants have a team on-base percentage of .338 in addition to a team batting average of .263 this year.

Gweon Su An is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. An has recorded a free base 39 times while fanning on 61 occasions. He has amassed 81 runs and has 39 runs batted in. His on-base % is .353 and he has a lifetime OPS of .704. He has homered 2 times, with 143 bases in total and a .351 slugging percentage. For the 407 at-bats in his baseball career, An has accrued an average at the plate of .292 with 119 hits.

Out of their 28 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 22 times and been caught 6 times (21.4% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 17 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Giants have 206 assists, 13 errors and have 637 putouts this season.

The Lotte pitching staff have yielded 124 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 4.96 (117 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 16 dingers and they relinquish 5.26 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.584 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.26 as a unit for the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.82 (182 strikeouts against 100 free passes). They are sitting at 7th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 236.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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