Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/27/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, April 27, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Eun-won Jung and the Hanwha Eagles (6-12, 10th in KBO) head to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, April 27, 2023, where they'll take on the Lotte Giants (10-8, 4th in KBO).

As a squad, the Hanwha Eagles are notching 3.8 runs per contest, which puts them at 8th in KBO. They have 73 runs while holding a team OBP of .314. The Eagles have hit 29 two-baggers as a team and have hit 7 balls out of the park. They have recorded 70 runs batted in as well as 148 hits on the year, while their team batting average is .227. Hanwha has a slugging rate of .307 and have struck out 170 times, while getting the free base on 80 occasions.

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Eun-won Jung is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Jung has hit .265 for his baseball career, with 304 runs scored and an OPS of .724. He has gone down on strikes 417 times and has taken a walk on 310 occasions, which contributes in part to a .360 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Jung has drilled 29 balls out of the park while knocking in 197 runs. His slugging percentage is .364 and he has racked up 761 bases. For his career, he came to bat 2,445 times and has come through with a base knock 555 times.

The Eagles have stolen 8 bases and have been caught 7 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 46.7%. The Hanwha Eagles have earned 521 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 205 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .974 which ranks 7th in Korean baseball and they have turned 20 double plays.

The Eagles have compiled a team ERA of 4.21 on the campaign (8th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 122 hitters. Eagles pitchers have relinquished 14 home runs and also 91 total runs (4th in the league). Hanwha has yielded 172 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 81 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.56 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.44.

The Giants hold a slugging percentage of .349 and they are recording 5.06 runs per contest (3rd in KBO). They have hit 19 two-baggers, while walking 72 times and scoring 91 runs. Lotte has 11 home runs for the year in addition to 81 RBIs. They have struck out on 123 instances (7th in baseball) and have earned 155 base hits. The Lotte Giants have accounted for an OBP of .333 in addition to a batting average of .254 this year.

Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For the 5,602 official at-bats in his professional career, Jeon has hit .299 with 1,673 base hits. He has hit the long ball 181 times, in addition to having 2,595 total bases and a .463 slugging %. Jeon has recorded a free base 508 times while fanning on 946 chances. He is sitting with 924 runs and notched 819 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .362 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .825.

Out of their 27 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 21 times and been caught 6 times (22.2% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 12 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (3rd in the league). The Giants have accrued 165 assists, 13 errors and have a total of 478 putouts on the season.

The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 104 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 5.49 (97 earned runs conceded). They have surrendered 14 dingers and they yield 5.87 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO). The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.640 and have a FIP of 5.87 as a unit on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.70 (138 strikeouts vs 81 walks). They are currently ranked 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 180.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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