LG Twins vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 4/21/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Friday, April 21, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Hyun Soo Kim and the LG Twins (10-6, 1st in KBO) go to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Friday, April 21, 2023, where they'll meet the Hanwha Eagles (5-9, 9th in KBO).

The Twins have hit 35 doubles as a team and have smacked 7 balls out of the park. LG has a slugging % of .408 and have been called out on strikes 86 times, while being walked on 77 occasions. As a team, the LG Twins are scoring 6.1 runs per outing, which has them at 2nd in the league. They have amassed 93 runs batted in in addition to 157 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average comes in at .292. They have earned 97 runs and have an on-base percentage of .381.

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Hyun Soo Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for LG. For his professional baseball career, Kim has slapped 7 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 36 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 584 times and has delivered with a base hit 141 times. Kim has an average at the plate of .273 in his time in baseball, in addition to 56 scored runs and an OPS of .719. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .368 in addition to racking up 190 bases. He has struck out 97 times and has taken a walk on 58 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .351 OBP.

The LG Twins have 432 putouts this season, in addition to 153 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .970 which has them sitting 9th in KBO and have earned 13 double plays. The Twins have stolen 14 bases and have been caught 6 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 30.0%.

They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.73 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.35. Twins pitchers have allowed 6 long balls and also 76 total runs (3rd in baseball). LG has yielded 136 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) and 52 earned runs. The Twins have compiled a team earned run average of 3.25 this year (2nd in the league), and their staff has struck out 102 hitters.

The Hanwha Eagles have an OBP of .325 and a team batting average of .229 so far this year. They have struck out on 138 occasions (2nd in the league) and have a total of 120 base hits. Hanwha has tallied 6 home runs over the course of the season in addition to 60 runs batted in. The Eagles hold a team SLG% of .314 and they average 4.20 runs per game (7th in baseball). They have hit 24 doubles, while taking a walk 71 times and putting up 63 runs.

Si Hwan Roh is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. During the 1,398 at-bats in his pro career, Noh has accumulated a batting average of .255 with 357 base hits. He has hit a home run 38 times, as well as 557 total bases and also a .398 slugging percentage. Noh has earned a walk 174 times while striking out on 405 chances. He has scored 187 runs in addition to having 205 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .341 and he has a career OPS of .739.

The Hanwha Eagles have twisted 15 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (4th in KBO). The Eagles have accrued 157 assists, 13 errors and have 413 putouts this year. Out of their 9 tries at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 5 times and been caught 4 times (44.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Eagles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.399 with a FIP of 4.77 as a pitching staff so far this year. They are currently ranked 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 139. The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 73 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.40 (67 earned runs allowed). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.94 (103 strikeouts vs 53 free passes). They have relinquished 11 homers and they relinquish 4.77 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Hanwha

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