Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 4/1/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Jae Hwan Kim and the Doosan Bears (60-82, 8th in KBO last season) play the Lotte Giants (64-76, 7th in KBO last year) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Saturday, April 1, 2023.

Lotte owned a slugging percentage of .383 and were called out on strikes 991 times, while getting the free base on 417 occasions. They amassed 570 RBI's in addition to 1,320 base knocks over the course of last year, and their average at the plate came in at .267. The Giants accrued 227 two-baggers as a team and hit 106 balls out of the park. They accumulated 605 runs while holding a team OBP of .328. As a squad, the Lotte Giants knocked in 4.2 runs per game, which ranked them 9th in baseball.

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Dong Hui Han is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For his pro baseball career, Han has hit 54 baseballs out of the park while driving in 235 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .418 and he has totaled 727 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to the plate 1,959 times and has come through with a base hit 468 times. He has gone down on strikes 371 times and has taken a walk on 181 occasions, which contributes in part to a .342 on-base %. Han has accumulated a batting average of .269 in his time in baseball, with 195 scored runs and an OPS of .760.

The Lotte Giants had 3,842 putouts over the course of the prior season, in addition to 1,403 assists and 114 errors. Their fielding percentage held at .979 which had them sitting 6th in KBO and they twisted 124 double plays. The Giants stole 99 bags and were gunned down 39 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage finished at 28.3%.

The Giants compiled a team ERA of 4.45 for the previous season (8th in the league), and their staff rung up 1,199 batters. Giants pitchers surrendered 84 home runs in addition to 712 runs in total (3rd in KBO). Lotte surrendered 1,373 base knocks (9.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 633 earned runs. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.44 and the pitching staff had a team WHIP of 1.46.

The Doosan Bears had a team on-base percentage of .324 in addition to a team batting average of .255 in the previous season. They were called out on strikes on 1,007 instances (6th in the league) and totaled 1,249 hits. Doosan had a total of 101 home runs over the course of last season in addition to 592 runs batted in. The Bears had a team slugging percentage of .365 and they averaged 4.43 runs per game (6th in KBO). They have hit 210 doubles, while walking 450 times and putting up 638 runs.

Jae Hwan Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. Kim has recorded a free base 545 times while going down on strikes on 971 tries. He has accumulated 676 runs in addition to having 794 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .380 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .908. He has hit a home run 224 times, in addition to having 2,034 bases in total and a .528 slugging %. In the 3,849 official at-bats in his pro career, Kim has hit .291 with 1,119 base knocks.

The Doosan Bears turned 128 double plays and had a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in Korean baseball). The Bears recorded 1,393 assists, 117 errors and notched a total of 3,838 putouts during the previous year. Of their 129 chances at getting a steal, they had success 95 times and were caught 34 times (26.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Doosan pitching staff conceded 721 runs in the previous season while having a team ERA of 4.45 (632 earned runs allowed). They relinquished 117 homers and they allowed 5.07 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Bears held a team WHIP of 1.478 and had a FIP of 5.07 as a staff for the previous season. They earned a K/BB ratio of 1.76 (977 strikeouts vs 555 walks). They were sitting at 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,336.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Doosan and under the total runs

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