LG Twins vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/17/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs Samsung Lions

Date: Thursday, August 17, 2023

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Jae Hyeon Lee and the Samsung Lions (42-58, 9th in KBO) will play the LG Twins (61-36, 1st in KBO) on Thursday, August 17, 2023.

LG has a slugging rate of .399 and have struck out 579 times, while getting the free base on 433 occasions. They have recorded 515 runs batted in as well as 970 base knocks on the season, while their batting average is at .285. The Twins have hit 173 two-baggers as a team and have hit 59 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 550 runs scored and have an OBP of .371. As a unit, the LG Twins are earning 5.6 runs per game, which puts them at 1st in baseball.

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Hae Min Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for LG. In his pro baseball career, Park has slapped 48 balls out of the park while knocking in 501 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he approached the plate 5,602 times and has delivered with a hit 1,408 times. Park has an average at the plate of .287 for his time in baseball, in addition to 862 runs scored and an OPS of .738. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .384 and he has accumulated 1,880 bases. He has gone down on strikes 811 times and has gotten a free base on 493 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .354 OBP.

The LG Twins have amassed 2,695 putouts this season, as well as 912 assists and 89 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .976 which puts them in 9th in the league and they have turned 89 double plays. The Twins have stolen 78 bases and have been gunned down 20 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 20.4%.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.04 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.33. Twins pitchers have relinquished 47 long balls and 423 total runs (8th in the league). LG has conceded 857 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) as well as 364 earned runs. The Twins have an earned run average of 3.65 on the year (1st in KBO), and they have rung up 690 hitters.

The Samsung Lions have recorded a team on-base percentage of .333 and a team batting average of .264 on the season. They have struck out on 690 occasions (5th in the league) and have totaled 918 hits. Samsung has knocked in 60 HRs this year as well as 416 RBIs. The Lions have a slugging percentage of .367 and they are scoring 4.35 runs per game (7th in KBO). They have hit 152 doubles, while taking a walk 331 times as well as notching 439 runs.

Jae Hyeon Lee is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. Lee has drawn a free base 31 times while being called out on strikes on 111 occasions. He has accrued 63 runs in addition to having 64 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .282 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .644. He has gone deep 17 times, in addition to having 205 total bases and a .362 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 567 official at-bats in his career, Lee has compiled an average at the plate of .240 with 136 base knocks.

The Samsung Lions have turned 79 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .982 (2nd in the league). The Lions have 1,000 assists, 69 errors and have accumulated 2,710 putouts during this campaign. Of their 71 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 52 times and been caught 19 times (26.8% caught stealing rate).

The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.469 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.12 as a unit this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.00 (655 strikeouts against 328 walks). They are sitting at 2nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 999. They have yielded 82 homers and they allow 5.12 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO). The Samsung pitching staff have surrendered 514 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 4.63 (465 earned runs yielded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG

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