Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/20/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, April 20, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (6-7, 7th in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (3-9, 10th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, April 20, 2023.

As a unit, the Kia Tigers are putting up 2.9 runs/g, which has them at 10th in KBO. They are sitting with 35 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .318. The Tigers have recorded 12 doubles as a team and have hit 4 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 30 RBI's in addition to 99 base knocks over the course of the season, while their team batting average is sitting at .244. Kia has a slugging percentage of .303 and have struck out 101 times, while drawing a walk on 43 occasions.

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Sun Bin Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 16 balls out of the park while driving in 138 runs. His career slugging percentage is .369 and he has totaled 415 bases. For his career, he came to bat 1,313 times and got on base with a base knock 304 times. He has fanned 234 times and has been walked on 150 occasions, contributing to a .357 on-base percentage. Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .270 in his time in baseball, in addition to 173 scored runs and an OPS of .369.

The Kia Tigers have a tally of 316 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 108 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .975 which puts them in 6th in KBO and have accumulated 8 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 11 bases and have been thrown out 4 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 26.7%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.45 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.47. Tigers pitchers have allowed 12 long balls in addition to 56 total runs (7th in the league). Kia has conceded 95 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 53 earned runs. The Tigers have compiled a team earned run average of 4.54 for the year (8th in KBO), and they have rung up 87 hitters.

Lotte has accounted for 7 HRs on the campaign as well as 64 runs batted in. They have recorded 16 two-baggers, while getting a free base 48 times as well as earning 68 runs. The Lotte Giants have a team on-base percentage of .345 and a team batting average of .271 for the year. The Giants hold a slugging % of .368 and they score 5.23 runs per game (3rd in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 77 instances (10th in the league) and have tallied 120 hits.

Jun-woo Jeon is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Jeon has drawn a walk 186 times while striking out on 377 occasions. He has amassed 198 runs in addition to having earned 240 runs batted in. His OBP is .340 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .754. He has hit the long ball 55 times, with 737 bases in total and a .414 slugging %. For the 1,781 at-bats in his pro career, Jeon has accumulated a batting average of .266 and has racked up 474 base hits.

Out of their 17 chances at getting a steal, they have had success 13 times and been caught 4 times (23.5% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have twisted 8 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .976 (5th in the league). The Giants have 117 assists, 11 errors and have accumulated 340 putouts so far this season.

The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 84 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 6.29 (79 earned runs conceded). They have yielded 11 dingers and they concede 6.67 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball). The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.751 with a FIP of 6.67 as a team so far this year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.57 (99 strikeouts against 63 walks). They have a ranking of 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 135.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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