Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/10/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Thursday, August 10, 2023

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (41-57, 9th in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (43-49, 7th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Thursday, August 10, 2023.

The Giants have compiled 130 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 43 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging rate of .347 and have struck out 635 times, while getting the free base on 323 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are scoring 4.2 runs per game, which ranks them 7th in baseball. They have accrued 359 runs batted in and 784 hits so far this season, while their team batting average is at .254. They are sitting with 388 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .327.

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Kang Nam Yoo is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. For his professional baseball career, Yoo has hit 109 balls out of the park while knocking in 476 runs. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 3,604 times and has come through with a hit 851 times. Yoo has an average at the plate of .264 for his career in baseball, with 369 scored runs and an OPS of .739. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .411 and he has totaled 1,324 bases. He has struck out 643 times and has taken a walk on 226 occasions, which has contributed to a .328 OBP.

The Lotte Giants have a total of 2,461 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 878 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .985 which has them ranked 1st in the league and have accumulated 73 double plays. The Giants have stolen 62 bases and have been caught 28 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 31.1%.

The Giants have an earned run average of 4.43 over the course of the season (9th in the league), and their staff has rung up 666 hitters. Lotte has surrendered 863 base knocks (9.5 per 9 innings) and 404 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.81 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.50. Giants pitchers have yielded 54 long balls in addition to 437 runs in total (3rd in KBO).

The Kiwoom Heroes have tallied a team on-base percentage of .325 in addition to a team batting average of .251 this season. They have struck out on 765 occasions (2nd in the league) and have totaled 882 base hits. Kiwoom has a total of 42 long balls on the season as well as 384 RBIs. The Heroes have a team slugging percentage of .342 and they score 3.96 runs per game (10th in the league). They have 157 two-baggers, while walking 352 times and scoring 400 runs.

Hye Seong Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim has drawn a walk 262 times while being called out on strikes on 544 chances. His on-base percentage sits at .356 and he also has a career OPS of .743. Over the course of the 2,766 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has accumulated a batting average of .295 and has racked up 816 hits. He has compiled 471 runs and racked up 291 runs batted in. He has gone yard 24 times, with 1,071 total bases and a .387 slugging percentage.

In their 110 chances at swiping a bag, they have made it 83 times and been caught 27 times (24.5% caught stealing rate). The Kiwoom Heroes have twisted 89 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (5th in KBO). The Heroes have 1,007 assists, 72 errors and have notched a total of 2,728 putouts over the course of the season.

The Kiwoom pitching staff have given up 450 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 4.02 (406 earned runs allowed). They have given up 52 long balls and they allow 4.45 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.367 in addition to having a FIP of 4.45 as a squad on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.17 (708 strikeouts vs 326 walks). They come in at 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 917.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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