Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 6/14/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Chi-Hong Ahn and the Lotte Giants (30-24, 4th in KBO) will play the Hanwha Eagles (21-33, 10th in KBO) on Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

The Eagles have tallied 81 doubles as a team and have hit 28 balls out of the park. Hanwha has a slugging percentage of .322 and have been called out on strikes 473 times, while drawing a walk on 210 occasions. As a squad, the Hanwha Eagles are putting up 3.8 runs per contest, which is 10th in KBO. They have accrued 206 RBI's as well as 449 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average sits at .234. They have earned a total of 218 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .317.

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Eun Seong Chae is a batter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Chae has earned a batting average of .297 for his time in baseball, in addition to 469 runs scored and an OPS of .802. He has struck out 663 times and earned a walk on 256 occasions, contributing to a .357 OBP. For his career, Chae has hit 105 balls out of the park while knocking in 632 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .445 and he has racked up 1,581 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 3,988 times and has reached base with a hit 1,054 times.

The Eagles have swiped 38 bases and have been thrown out 27 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 41.5%. The Hanwha Eagles have a total of 1,541 putouts thus far, as well as 583 assists and 43 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .980 which puts them in 5th in Korean baseball and have a total of 55 double plays.

The Eagles are sitting with a team ERA of 4.12 this year (8th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 413 hitters. Eagles pitchers have given up 36 home runs and also 260 total runs (4th in KBO). Hanwha has yielded 497 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 235 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.86 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.40.

The Lotte Giants hold an OBP of .331 and a team batting average of .259 for the season. They have been rung up on 364 occasions (10th in KBO) and have totaled 473 base hits. Lotte has recorded 21 long balls for the year to go along with 229 runs batted in. The Giants hold a team SLG% of .348 and they average 4.61 runs per game (3rd in KBO). They have recorded 77 doubles, while taking a walk 196 times as well as notching 249 runs.

Chi-Hong Ahn is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Ahn has drawn a walk 522 times while fanning on 815 chances. His OBP is .362 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .800. During the 5,439 at-bats in his baseball career, Ahn has compiled an average at the plate of .297 in addition to 1,616 base hits. He has a total of 797 runs and notched 807 runs batted in. He has gone deep 134 times, with 2,380 bases in total and a .438 slugging percentage.

The Lotte Giants have turned 37 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (2nd in the league). The Giants have recorded 490 assists, 30 errors and have 1,459 putouts for the year. Of their 62 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 45 times and been caught 17 times (27.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.432 and have a FIP of 4.27 as a pitching staff on the year. They have a ranking of 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 496. The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 231 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.98 (215 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.14 (427 strikeouts against 200 walks). They have yielded 27 long balls and they surrender 4.27 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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