Hanwha Eagles vs LG Twins Prediction, 5/21/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs LG Twins

Date: Sunday, May 21, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Hae Min Park and the LG Twins (24-14, 3rd in KBO) play the Hanwha Eagles (13-22, 9th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Sunday, May 21, 2023.

The Eagles have tallied 52 two-baggers as a team and have hit 19 balls out of the park. Hanwha is slugging .314 and have struck out 325 times, while drawing a walk on 134 occasions. As a unit, the Hanwha Eagles are scoring 3.6 runs per contest, which ranks them 10th in the league. They have tallied 128 RBI's and 283 hits for the year, while their batting average comes in at .226. They have tallied 134 runs scored while having a team OBP of .308.

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Eun-won Jung is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. In his career, Jung has hit 29 balls out of the park while driving in 199 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to the plate 2,516 times and came through with a base base knock 570 times. Jung has an average at the plate of .264 in his time in baseball, in addition to 312 runs scored and an OPS of .719. His career slugging percentage is .360 and he has accumulated 777 bases. He has struck out 426 times and has been walked on 317 occasions, which has contributed to a .359 OBP.

The Hanwha Eagles have amassed 1,010 putouts for the season, in addition to 386 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which has them sitting 3rd in the league and have accumulated 39 double plays. The Eagles have stolen 24 bags and have been gunned down 19 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 44.2%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.77 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.38. Eagles pitchers have surrendered 25 home runs in addition to 160 runs in total (5th in the league). Hanwha has surrendered 311 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and also 146 earned runs. The Eagles have compiled a team ERA of 3.91 so far this season (7th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 271 batters.

The LG Twins have accounted for an OBP of .380 in addition to a team batting average of .294 over the course of the season. They have been rung up on 227 occasions (9th in the league) and have notched a total of 381 base hits. LG has compiled 23 home runs this season as well as 200 runs batted in. The Twins have a slugging percentage of .409 and they tally 5.53 runs per contest (1st in baseball). They have put up 69 doubles, while getting a free base 175 times as well as scoring 210 runs.

Hae Min Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Park has tallied a free base 466 times while being called out on strikes on 788 plate appearances. His on-base % is .353 and he has earned a career OPS of .739. Over the course of the 4,698 at-bats in his pro career, Park has accumulated a batting average of .287 with 1,348 base hits. He has accrued 820 runs in addition to having earned 481 runs batted in. He has gone deep 48 times, in addition to having 1,812 total bases and also a .386 slugging percentage.

Out of their 38 chances at stealing a base, they have been successful 29 times and been caught 9 times (23.7% caught stealing rate). The LG Twins have turned 33 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .972 (9th in the league). The Twins have recorded 349 assists, 40 errors and have 1,029 putouts over the course of the season.

The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.347 in addition to having a FIP of 4.62 as a pitching staff this season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.83 (247 strikeouts vs 135 bases on balls). They are sitting at 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 327. They have surrendered 17 home runs and they give up 4.62 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The LG pitching staff have allowed 176 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.67 (140 earned runs surrendered).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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