Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers Prediction, 4/2/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers

Date: Sunday, April 2, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Seong Han Park and the SSG Landers (88-52, 1st in KBO last year) will play the Kia Tigers (70-73, 5th in KBO last season) on Sunday, April 2, 2023.

As a unit, the Kia Tigers recorded 5.0 runs per game, which ranked them 1st in baseball. They accumulated 720 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .349. The Tigers recorded 250 doubles as a team and smacked 113 balls out of the park. They had 677 runs batted in in addition to 1,361 hits for the previous season, while their average at the plate sat at .272. Kia had a slugging % of .398 and were called out on strikes 983 times, while being walked on 542 occasions.

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Sun Bin Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In his career, Kim has hit 32 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 516 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .377 and he has racked up 1,715 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 5,258 times and came through with a base base hit 1,372 times. He has struck out 463 times and has walked on 516 at-bats, contributing to a .374 on-base %. Kim has hit .302 for his career, with 650 scored runs and an OPS of .751.

The Kia Tigers accumulated 3,839 putouts for the previous season, as well as 1,378 assists and 107 errors. Their fielding percentage held steady at .980 which had them sitting 4th in the league and accumulated 111 double plays. The Tigers stole 64 bags and were gunned down 41 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate was 39.0%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio was 1.98 and their pitching staff earned a collective WHIP of 1.42. Tigers pitchers allowed 120 home runs in addition to 679 runs in total (5th in KBO). Kia yielded 1,286 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 597 earned runs. The Tigers had a team earned run average of 4.20 for the prior year (5th in baseball), and the staff struck out 1,042 batters.

The Landers had a team slugging percentage of .396 and they were earning 5.00 runs per outing (2nd in KBO). They have put up 242 two-baggers, while taking a walk 530 times and putting up 720 runs. SSG had a total of 138 long balls in the prior season in addition to 682 runs batted in. They were rung up on 1,075 occasions (3rd in KBO) and earned a total of 1,245 hits. The SSG Landers accounted for an on-base percentage of .336 and a team batting average of .254 in the previous season.

Seong Han Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Park has earned a free base 127 times while going down on strikes on 193 attempts. He has a total of 131 runs in addition to having earned 110 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .363 and he has a career OPS of .726. He has hit a home run 8 times, with 383 total bases and also a .363 slugging %. Over the course of the 1,056 at-bats in his baseball career, Park has a batting average of .285 and has racked up 301 base knocks.

Of their 138 attempts at stealing a base, they had success 107 times and were caught 31 times (22.5% caught stealing rate). The SSG Landers twisted 138 double plays and notched a fielding percentage of .980 (3rd in the league). The Landers racked up 1,455 assists, 109 errors and had a total of 3,904 putouts for the prior year.

The SSG pitching staff allowed 622 runs in the previous season while holding a team ERA of 3.87 (560 earned runs allowed). They surrendered 130 HR's and they surrender 4.30 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball). The Landers had a WHIP of 1.291 with a FIP of 4.30 as a squad for the prior year. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.24 (1,023 strikeouts against 457 bases on balls). They finished at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,223.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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