Doosan Bears vs SSG Landers Prediction, 4/29/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs SSG Landers

Date: Saturday, April 29, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Ji Hoon Choi and the SSG Landers (13-7, 1st in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (11-8, 3rd in KBO) on Saturday, April 29, 2023.

As a team, the Doosan Bears are scoring 4.4 runs per game, which puts them at 6th in KBO. They have 87 runs scored and hold an OBP of .333. The Bears have accounted for 26 doubles as a team and have knocked 15 balls out of the park. They have amassed 78 runs batted in in addition to 169 base knocks so far this year, while their team batting average is at .250. Doosan has a slugging rate of .361 and have been rung up 120 times, while drawing a walk on 75 occasions.

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Jae Hwan Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Kim has hit .291 for his baseball career, with 685 scored runs and an OPS of .908. He has been struck out 988 times and has gotten a free base on 556 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .380 on-base percentage. In his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 226 balls out of the park while driving in 803 runs. His career slugging percentage is .528 in addition to having tallied 2,063 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 4,546 times and also came through with a base hit 1,136 times.

The Doosan Bears have earned a total of 541 putouts on the year, in addition to 171 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .973 which is 8th in KBO and have a total of 12 double plays. The Bears have stolen 7 bases and have been caught 6 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 46.2%.

The Bears have compiled a team ERA of 3.30 for the year (2nd in KBO), and their staff has struck out 156 batters. Bears pitchers have relinquished 10 home runs and also 84 total runs (8th in the league). Doosan has yielded 165 base knocks (8.2 per 9 innings) and 66 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.05 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.34.

SSG has compiled 17 home runs on the season to go along with 82 runs batted in. They hit 32 doubles, while taking a walk 82 times as well as scoring 89 runs. The SSG Landers have compiled a team OBP of .347 as well as a batting average of .262 this year. The Landers have a team slugging percentage of .389 and they score 4.45 runs per game (4th in the league). They have been rung up on 127 occasions (8th in the league) and have accounted for 175 base knocks.

Ji Hoon Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. In the 1,577 official at-bats in his career, Choi has hit .281 with 443 base hits. He has gone yard 16 times, with 596 total bases and a .378 slugging percentage. Choi has tallied a free base 143 times while striking out on 236 chances. He has recorded 248 runs and has 138 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .346 and he has earned a career OPS of .724.

The SSG Landers have turned 19 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .975 (7th in the league). The Landers have racked up 206 assists, 19 errors and have earned a total of 532 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 18 chances at stealing a base, they have been successful 10 times and been caught 8 times (44.4% caught stealing rate).

The Landers have a team WHIP of 1.395 and have a FIP of 3.96 as a squad this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.62 (146 strikeouts vs 90 free passes). They sit at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 157. They have conceded 13 home runs and they concede 3.96 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The SSG pitching staff have yielded 78 runs for the year while having an ERA of 3.35 (66 earned runs relinquished).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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