Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 6/9/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Friday, June 9, 2023

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (23-29, 7th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (29-21, 3rd in KBO) on Friday, June 9, 2023.

Lotte is slugging .343 and have been called out on strikes 330 times, while drawing a walk on 185 occasions. They have amassed 208 runs batted in and 427 hits on the season, and their batting average is sitting at .256. The Giants have accounted for 71 doubles as a team and have knocked 18 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 227 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .331. As a team, the Lotte Giants are scoring 4.5 runs per outing, which ranks them 3rd in baseball.

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Kang Nam Yoo is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. In his career, Yoo has hit 104 balls over the fence while driving in 463 runs. His slugging percentage is .413 and he has totaled 1,287 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped into the batters box 3,489 times and has notched a hit 830 times. He has gone down on strikes 625 times and has gotten a free base on 215 at-bats, contributing to a .330 OBP. Yoo has hit .266 for his baseball career, in addition to 355 runs scored and an OPS of .743.

The Lotte Giants have earned a total of 1,343 putouts for the season, as well as 441 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .986 which ranks 2nd in KBO and they have turned 35 double plays. The Giants have stolen 42 bases and have been caught 16 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 27.6%.

The Giants have compiled a team ERA of 3.92 on the season (6th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 396 hitters. Giants pitchers have conceded 22 home runs and 208 runs in total (7th in the league). Lotte has given up 453 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) and 195 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.20 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.42.

The Lions have a team slugging % of .352 and they score 4.25 runs per contest (6th in the league). They have hit 67 doubles, while taking a walk 170 times as well as notching 221 runs. Samsung has hit 36 long balls so far this year to go along with 210 RBIs. They have struck out on 362 occasions (7th in baseball) and have earned a total of 442 base hits. The Samsung Lions have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .320 and a batting average of .249 this year.

Ja Wook Koo is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Koo has tallied a walk 396 times while fanning on 787 tries. His OBP comes in at .378 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .875. During the 3,936 at-bats in his career, Koo has hit .312 in addition to 1,228 base hits. He has accrued 750 runs in addition to having 627 RBIs. He has hit the long ball 126 times, as well as 1,958 total bases and also a .497 slugging percentage.

Out of their 31 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 22 times and been caught 9 times (29.0% caught stealing percentage). The Samsung Lions have turned 38 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .989 (1st in the league). The Lions have racked up 498 assists, 22 errors and have accumulated 1,401 putouts this year.

The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.460 in addition to having a FIP of 5.07 as a unit this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.02 (361 strikeouts vs 179 walks). They are currently ranked 2nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 503. They have relinquished 42 home runs and they relinquish 5.07 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO). The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 263 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.88 (253 earned runs yielded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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