Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/25/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions
Date: Friday, August 25, 2023
Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea
TV: SPOTV
Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Min-ho Kang and the Samsung Lions (46-60, 8th in KBO) will take on the Kiwoom Heroes (46-66, 10th in KBO) on Friday, August 25, 2023.
As a unit, the Kiwoom Heroes are recording 4.1 runs per game, which ranks them 10th in KBO. They have accumulated 472 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .326. The Heroes have hit 175 doubles as a unit and have hit 50 balls out of the park. They have recorded 451 RBI's and 1,017 base knocks so far this year, and their team batting average sits at .254. Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .345 and have struck out 873 times, while taking a walk on 393 occasions.
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Hye Seong Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. For his pro baseball career, Kim has hit 25 balls out of the park while knocking in 301 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to bat 3,140 times and has delivered with a hit 837 times. Kim has recorded a batting average of .296 for his time in baseball, in addition to 482 scored runs and an OPS of .745. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .389 in addition to earning 1,098 bases. He has struck out 548 times and earned a walk on 265 occasions, which contributes in part to a .356 on-base %.
The Kiwoom Heroes have a tally of 3,091 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,149 assists and 86 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .980 which puts them in 4th in the league and they have turned 103 double plays. The Heroes have swiped 101 bags and have been gunned down 34 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 25.2%.
The Heroes have an earned run average of 4.36 this year (8th in the league), and their staff has struck out 792 batters. Heroes pitchers have allowed 66 home runs and 557 runs in total (1st in KBO). Kiwoom has allowed 1,073 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 499 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.98 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.43.
Samsung has a total of 67 home runs over the course of the season and 450 runs batted in. They have recorded 164 doubles, while walking 346 times and scoring 474 runs. The Samsung Lions are sitting with a team OBP of .334 as well as a team batting average of .266 on the year. The Lions hold a slugging % of .374 and they score 4.43 runs per game (6th in baseball). They have been rung up on 725 occasions (5th in baseball) and have a total of 980 hits.
Min-ho Kang is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. Kang has drawn a walk 759 times while being called out on strikes on 1,460 plate appearances. His OBP comes in at .355 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .817. For the 7,115 official at-bats in his professional career, Kang has hit .275 in addition to having 1,960 base hits. He has amassed 907 runs and has 1,146 runs batted in. He has gone yard 317 times, in addition to having 3,284 total bases and also a .462 slugging percentage.
The Samsung Lions have turned 85 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (2nd in KBO). The Lions have recorded 1,069 assists, 75 errors and have a tally of 2,872 putouts for the year. Of their 78 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 55 times and been caught 23 times (29.5% caught stealing percentage).
The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.454 in addition to having a FIP of 5.05 as a team over the course of the season. They rank 2nd in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,052. The Samsung pitching staff have given up 537 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.55 (484 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.01 (682 strikeouts vs 340 walks). They have conceded 89 homers and they surrender 5.05 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball).
Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom
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