Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/16/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Sunday, April 16, 2023

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Min-ho Kang and the Samsung Lions (3-7, 10th in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (4-5, 6th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Sunday, April 16, 2023.

Lotte has a slugging percentage of .346 and have struck out 54 times, while taking a walk on 35 occasions. They have tallied 42 RBI's as well as 78 hits on the year, and their batting average is sitting at .259. The Giants have tallied 8 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 4 balls out of the stadium. They are sitting with 44 runs and have an OBP of .335. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are recording 4.9 runs/g, which has them sitting at 4th in baseball.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. In his career, Jeon has hit 180 baseballs out of the park while driving in 814 runs. His career slugging percentage is .463 in addition to earning 2,586 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he approached the plate 6,255 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,667 times. He has gone down on strikes 942 times and has been walked on 504 occasions, contributing to a .362 on-base percentage. Jeon has a batting average of .299 for his career, in addition to 920 runs scored and an OPS of .825.

The Giants have stolen 11 bags and have been caught 3 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 21.4%. The Lotte Giants have amassed 238 putouts on the year, in addition to 77 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .981 which ranks 4th in the league and have earned 6 double plays.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.62 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.69. Giants pitchers have allowed 8 home runs and 56 runs (2nd in KBO). Lotte has given up 92 base hits (10.5 per 9 innings) as well as 53 earned runs. The Giants are sitting with a team ERA of 6.03 on the year (10th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 68 hitters.

The Samsung Lions have earned an OBP of .306 as well as a team batting average of .235 for the year. They have struck out on 68 occasions (5th in baseball) and have earned 76 base knocks. Samsung has compiled 11 long balls so far this season in addition to 36 RBIs. The Lions hold a slugging percentage of .377 and they are recording 3.60 runs per outing (8th in KBO). They have put up 13 two-baggers, while walking 30 times and recording 36 runs.

Min-ho Kang is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. In the 6,811 at-bats in his pro career, Kang has accumulated a batting average of .275 in addition to 1,872 hits. He has hit it out of the park 305 times, with 3,147 total bases and a .462 slugging percentage. Kang has earned a walk 723 times while striking out on 1,416 tries. He has accumulated 866 runs and has 1,093 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .354 and he also has a career OPS of .816.

In their 12 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 7 times and been caught 5 times (41.7% caught stealing rate). The Samsung Lions have turned 8 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Lions have racked up 98 assists, 5 errors and have a total of 268 putouts on the season.

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.594 in addition to having a FIP of 5.74 as a pitching staff this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.51 (59 strikeouts against 39 walks). They rank 1st in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 103. They have relinquished 7 dingers and they relinquish 5.74 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Samsung pitching staff have surrendered 57 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 5.45 (54 earned runs relinquished).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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