LG Twins vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 4/23/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: LG Twins vs Hanwha Eagles
Date: Sunday, April 23, 2023
Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea
TV: SPOTV
Eun-won Jung and the Hanwha Eagles (5-10, 9th in KBO) host the LG Twins (11-6, 1st in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Sunday, April 23, 2023.
LG is slugging .421 and have been called out on strikes 92 times, while being walked on 82 occasions. They have 102 runs batted in in addition to 171 base knocks on the year, and their average at the plate is .299. The Twins have earned 35 doubles as a team and have smacked 9 balls out of the park. They have racked up 106 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .386. As a unit, the LG Twins are recording 6.2 runs per outing, which is 1st in KBO.
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Hae Min Park is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for LG. In his pro baseball career, Park has hit 46 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 472 runs. His slugging percentage is .385 in addition to racking up 1,779 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 5,267 times and has notched a base hit 1,324 times. He has fanned 775 times and has taken a walk on 460 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .353 on-base percentage. Park has recorded a batting average of .287 in his time in baseball, in addition to 809 scored runs and an OPS of .738.
The LG Twins have notched a total of 459 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 160 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .970 which is 9th in KBO and they have turned 14 double plays. The Twins have stolen 17 bags and have been thrown out 6 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 26.1%.
The Twins are sitting with a team ERA of 3.29 on the year (2nd in KBO), and they have rung up 113 hitters. LG has relinquished 148 base knocks (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 56 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.79 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.38. Twins pitchers have surrendered 6 home runs and 80 total runs (3rd in the league).
Hanwha has accumulated 7 long balls this year in addition to 61 runs batted in. They have hit 27 doubles, while getting a free base 71 times as well as recording 64 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have a team OBP of .320 in addition to a batting average of .230 so far this year. The Eagles hold a team slugging % of .320 and they average 4.00 runs per contest (9th in KBO). They have been rung up on 151 instances (2nd in the league) and have totaled 128 hits.
Eun-won Jung is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Over the course of the 2,085 at-bats in his career, Jung has a batting average of .265 and has racked up 552 base knocks. He has hit a home run 29 times, as well as 758 total bases and also a .364 slugging percentage. Jung has tallied a free base 309 times while being called out on strikes on 417 attempts. He has compiled 302 runs and also has 195 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .360 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .724.
Out of their 11 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 7 times and been caught 4 times (36.4% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 15 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .977 (4th in KBO). The Eagles have accrued 168 assists, 14 errors and have notched a total of 440 putouts for the year.
The Eagles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.402 and have a FIP of 4.79 as a staff this season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.86 (108 strikeouts vs 58 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 5th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 147. They have conceded 13 dingers and they concede 4.79 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 78 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 4.37 (71 earned runs yielded).
Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Hanwha
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