Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/28/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, April 28, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (10-11, 6th in KBO) are headed to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Friday, April 28, 2023, where they'll meet the Lotte Giants (11-8, 4th in KBO).

Kiwoom has a slugging rate of .348 and have struck out 163 times, while being walked on 78 occasions. They have earned 83 runs batted in and 180 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average is sitting at .247. The Heroes have compiled 34 doubles as a squad and have knocked 10 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 88 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .327. As a unit, the Kiwoom Heroes are knocking in 4.2 runs per game, which has them at 8th in the league.

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Hye Seong Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. In his professional baseball career, Kim has slapped 19 balls out of the park while knocking in 260 runs. His slugging percentage is .381 and he has racked up 936 bases. For his time in the league, he came to the plate 2,725 times and has come through with a hit 717 times. He has been struck out 494 times and earned a walk on 227 occasions, contributing to a .351 OBP. Kim has accumulated a batting average of .292 for his baseball career, in addition to 414 scored runs and an OPS of .732.

The Heroes have stolen 23 bags and have been caught 9 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 28.1%. The Kiwoom Heroes have 561 putouts on the year, in addition to 201 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .977 which is 5th in KBO and have a total of 24 double plays.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.71 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.31. Heroes pitchers have given up 9 home runs in addition to 84 total runs (7th in the league). Kiwoom has conceded 187 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and also 77 earned runs. The Heroes have a team ERA of 3.71 this season (5th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 157 batters.

The Giants have a SLG% of .358 and they score 5.21 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have hit 22 doubles, while walking 75 times as well as scoring 99 runs. Lotte has tallied 11 home runs on the campaign to go along with 89 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 130 occasions (7th in KBO) and have a total of 168 base hits. The Lotte Giants have recorded a team OBP of .337 in addition to a batting average of .260 for the year.

Zach Reks is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. Over the course of the 44 official at-bats in his baseball career, Reks is sitting with a batting avereage of .205 with 9 base hits. He has gone yard 0 times, as well as 10 total bases and a .227 slugging percentage. Reks has recorded a free base 0 times while fanning on 17 tries. He has compiled 5 runs in addition to having 3 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .205 and he has earned a career OPS of .432.

The Lotte Giants have turned 12 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .981 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Giants have 170 assists, 13 errors and have 505 putouts on the season. In their 27 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 21 times and been caught 6 times (22.2% caught stealing percentage).

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.606 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.61 as a team so far this season. They are sitting at 5th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 187. The Lotte pitching staff have yielded 105 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 5.25 (98 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio is 1.78 (148 strikeouts vs 83 bases on balls). They have relinquished 15 homers and they give up 5.61 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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