Hanwha Eagles vs SSG Landers Prediction, 5/14/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs SSG Landers

Date: Sunday, May 14, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Seong Han Park and the SSG Landers (22-11, 1st in KBO) will play the Hanwha Eagles (11-19, 9th in KBO) on Sunday, May 14, 2023.

Hanwha is slugging .315 and have been rung up 265 times, while drawing a walk on 115 occasions. They have 109 RBI's as well as 235 hits so far this year, while their batting average comes in at .227. The Eagles have accumulated 41 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 16 balls out of the park. They have earned 115 runs while holding a team OBP of .311. As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are knocking in 3.7 runs per game, which is 10th in the league.

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Eun-won Jung is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Jung is sitting with a batting avereage of .264 for his time in baseball, with 310 scored runs and an OPS of .720. He has fanned 422 times and has been walked on 315 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .359 on-base percentage. In his pro baseball career, Jung has slapped 29 balls out of the park while knocking in 198 runs. His slugging percentage is .361 and he has totaled 771 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 2,491 times and has come through with a base hit 564 times.

The Hanwha Eagles have amassed 836 putouts so far this season, as well as 331 assists and 23 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which ranks 4th in the league and they have turned 32 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 17 bases and have been caught 16 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 48.5%.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.74 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.38. Eagles pitchers have surrendered 20 home runs in addition to 136 runs (5th in the league). Hanwha has relinquished 256 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 123 earned runs. The Eagles are sitting with a team ERA of 3.98 on the year (7th in the league), and their staff has struck out 221 hitters.

SSG has tallied 27 home runs on the campaign and 133 runs batted in. They have recorded 50 doubles, while taking a walk 125 times as well as putting up 147 runs. The SSG Landers have tallied a team on-base percentage of .333 in addition to a team batting average of .253 this season. The Landers hold a team slugging percentage of .374 and they average 4.45 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 231 instances (5th in KBO) and have totaled 280 base hits.

Seong Han Park is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for SSG. In the 1,162 at-bats in his career, Park has a batting average of .283 with 329 base knocks. He has gone yard 10 times, with 422 total bases and a .363 slugging %. Park has tallied a free base 149 times while being called out on strikes on 206 attempts. He is sitting with 145 runs and notched 120 RBIs. His OBP is .365 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .728.

The SSG Landers have turned 32 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .974 (7th in the league). The Landers have recorded 327 assists, 32 errors and have earned 883 putouts for the season. In their 32 tries at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 21 times and been caught 11 times (34.4% caught stealing rate).

The SSG pitching staff have surrendered 124 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 3.27 (107 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 19 homers and they yield 3.79 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The Landers hold a team WHIP of 1.401 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.79 as a team for the year. Their K/BB ratio is 1.79 (241 strikeouts against 135 free passes). They are currently ranked 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 277.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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