Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 6/16/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers

Date: Friday, June 16, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the venue where Guillermo Heredia and the SSG Landers (36-22, 1st in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (31-25, 4th in KBO) on Friday, June 16, 2023.

The Giants have hit 79 doubles as a unit and have hit 22 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .349 and have struck out 381 times, while being walked on 206 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are knocking in 4.6 runs per outing, which ranks them 3rd in KBO. They have recorded 240 RBI's in addition to 491 base knocks so far this year, while their team batting average is .260. They have earned 260 runs while holding a team OBP of .333.

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Kang Nam Yoo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Yoo has accumulated a batting average of .266 in his time in baseball, in addition to 357 scored runs and an OPS of .740. He has been struck out 627 times and earned a walk on 216 occasions, contributing to a .329 on-base %. For his career, Yoo has hit 104 balls out of the park while knocking in 464 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .411 and he has racked up 1,290 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to the plate 3,507 times and has reached base with a base hit 833 times.

The Giants have swiped 46 bases and have been thrown out 17 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 27.0%. The Lotte Giants have a total of 1,513 putouts this year, as well as 508 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .985 which has them sitting 2nd in the league and have 37 double plays.

The Giants are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.07 this season (6th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 443 batters. Giants pitchers have surrendered 29 long balls and 244 runs in total (6th in baseball). Lotte has surrendered 516 hits (9.2 per 9 innings) as well as 228 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.05 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.45.

The Landers hold a team slugging percentage of .382 and they score 4.53 runs per game (4th in baseball). They have 86 two-baggers, while taking a walk 208 times as well as racking up 267 runs. SSG has tallied 54 long balls so far this year to go along with 250 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 418 instances (5th in the league) and have 503 base hits. The SSG Landers have earned a team on-base percentage of .329 as well as a batting average of .252 for the season.

Guillermo Heredia is a hitter who should impact this game for SSG. Heredia has tallied a walk 130 times while striking out on 313 plate appearances. His OBP comes in at .310 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .656. During the 1,388 at-bats in his professional career, Heredia has hit .231 with 320 hits. He has accounted for 179 runs in addition to having 114 RBIs. He has homered 27 times, in addition to having 480 total bases and also a .346 slugging percentage.

The SSG Landers have turned 52 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in KBO). The Landers have recorded 593 assists, 48 errors and are sitting with 1,582 putouts this season. Of their 65 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 43 times and been caught 22 times (33.8% caught stealing percentage).

The Landers have a WHIP of 1.427 and have a FIP of 4.04 as a team on the campaign. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.66 (423 strikeouts against 255 free passes). They are currently ranked 7th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 497. They have surrendered 37 HR's and they surrender 4.04 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The SSG pitching staff have given up 237 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 3.65 (214 earned runs yielded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte

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