Doosan Bears vs SSG Landers Prediction, 9/26/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs SSG Landers

Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the venue where Joo Hwan Choi and the SSG Landers (64-61, 5th in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (67-58, 4th in KBO) on Tuesday, September 26, 2023.

As a squad, the Doosan Bears are notching 4.4 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 6th in the league. They have tallied 549 runs scored while having a team OBP of .332. The Bears have tallied 184 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 87 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 500 RBI's and 1,091 base knocks so far this year, and their average at the plate is at .256. Doosan has a slugging rate of .373 and have struck out 859 times, while getting the free base on 440 occasions.

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Soo Bin Jung is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. Jung has hit .279 for his baseball career, in addition to 810 runs scored and an OPS of .721. He has struck out 699 times and has taken a walk on 460 occasions, which has contributed to a .349 on-base percentage. In his career, Jung has slapped 32 balls out of the park while knocking in 495 runs. His slugging percentage is .372 and he has totaled 1,754 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 5,394 times and has come through with a hit 1,314 times.

The Doosan Bears have accumulated 3,378 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,137 assists and 100 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .978 which puts them in 8th in the league and have a total of 94 double plays. The Bears have stolen 54 bags and have been caught 35 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 39.3%.

The Bears have an ERA of 3.88 for the year (3rd in the league), and they have rung up 890 batters. Bears pitchers have yielded 78 home runs in addition to 544 runs in total (8th in baseball). Doosan has surrendered 1,093 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 486 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.07 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.35.

The Landers have a slugging percentage of .387 and they average 4.49 runs per game (5th in baseball). They have notched 204 doubles, while walking 440 times and putting up 570 runs. SSG has compiled 110 home runs on the campaign as well as 528 RBIs. They have been rung up on 844 occasions (8th in the league) and have totaled 1,127 hits. The SSG Landers hold an on-base percentage of .333 and a batting average of .258 on the year.

Joo Hwan Choi is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Choi has drawn a free base 357 times while fanning on 590 plate appearances. He is sitting with 506 runs in addition to having 589 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .348 and he has a lifetime OPS of .789. He has gone deep 114 times, with 1,638 total bases and a .441 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 3,718 official at-bats in his pro career, Choi has hit .280 and has racked up 1,041 hits.

The SSG Landers have twisted 138 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in KBO). The Landers have accrued 1,327 assists, 104 errors and have earned a total of 3,409 putouts on the campaign. In their 167 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 113 times and been caught 54 times (32.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Landers hold a team WHIP of 1.542 and have a FIP of 4.96 as a unit so far this season. They rank 4th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,203. The SSG pitching staff have allowed 626 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.48 (565 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.58 (866 strikeouts vs 549 bases on balls). They have yielded 93 long balls and they allow 4.96 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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