Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 8/31/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Thursday, August 31, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Hyun Bin Moon and the Hanwha Eagles (42-59, 9th in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (50-58, 7th in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Thursday, August 31, 2023.

As a team, the Lotte Giants are putting up 4.5 runs/g, which ranks them 7th in baseball. They have notched a total of 482 runs and have an OBP of .335. The Giants have recorded 166 doubles as a squad and have knocked 52 balls out of the park. They have 447 RBI's as well as 947 hits for the year, and their team batting average sits at .261. Lotte owns a slugging percentage of .358 and have struck out 743 times, while being walked on 399 occasions.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Jeon has accrued an average at the plate of .287 for his career in baseball, in addition to 866 runs scored and an OPS of .737. He has fanned 814 times and has taken a walk on 494 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .354 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Jeon has hit 48 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 503 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .383 in addition to racking up 1,889 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 5,634 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,416 times.

The Lotte Giants have earned 2,878 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,022 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .981 which puts them in 3rd in KBO and they have twisted 81 double plays. The Giants have stolen 66 bases and have been gunned down 33 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 33.3%.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.90 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.50. Giants pitchers have allowed 61 home runs and 518 runs in total (3rd in KBO). Lotte has conceded 1,019 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 463 earned runs. The Giants have a team ERA of 4.34 this year (8th in the league), and their staff has struck out 789 batters.

Hanwha has accounted for 76 home runs on the campaign as well as 420 runs batted in. They have 158 doubles, while getting a free base 403 times and putting up 448 runs. The Hanwha Eagles hold an on-base percentage of .322 and a team batting average of .239 on the season. The Eagles hold a team slugging % of .348 and they are earning 4.19 runs per game (9th in KBO). They have been rung up on 876 occasions (2nd in KBO) and have totaled 874 hits.

Hyun Bin Moon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. For the 4,559 at-bats in his baseball career, Moon has recorded a batting average of .292 with 1,333 base hits. He has hit it out of the park 51 times, as well as 1,760 total bases and also a .386 slugging percentage. Moon has recorded a walk 366 times while fanning on 409 plate appearances. He has scored 690 runs and has 567 runs batted in. His on-base % is .356 and he has earned a career OPS of .743.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 85 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .982 (1st in Korean baseball). The Eagles have accrued 1,040 assists, 74 errors and have accounted for 2,906 putouts on the campaign. Of their 103 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 66 times and been caught 37 times (35.9% caught stealing rate).

The Hanwha pitching staff have allowed 503 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 4.23 (455 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 69 HR's and they give up 4.67 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.372 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.67 as a team so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.02 (796 strikeouts against 394 free passes). They rank 8th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 934.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte

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