Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 6/17/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers

Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Jeong Choi and the SSG Landers (36-22, 1st in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (31-25, 4th in KBO) on Saturday, June 17, 2023.

The Giants have earned 79 doubles as a team and have hit 22 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging rate of .349 and have been called out on strikes 381 times, while taking a walk on 206 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which has them sitting at 3rd in KBO. They have amassed 240 RBI's and 491 hits so far this season, and their batting average comes in at .260. They are sitting with 260 runs while holding a team OBP of .333.

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Chi-Hong Ahn is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. In his career, Ahn has hit 134 balls out of the park while driving in 809 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .437 and he has racked up 2,383 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 6,187 times and has reached base with a base hit 1,619 times. He has struck out 817 times and has walked on 523 at-bats, which has contributed to a .362 OBP. Ahn has hit .297 for his time in baseball, in addition to 799 runs scored and an OPS of .799.

The Lotte Giants have accounted for 1,513 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 508 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which has them ranked 2nd in Korean baseball and have accumulated 37 double plays. The Giants have stolen 46 bags and have been gunned down 17 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 27.0%.

They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.05 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.45. Giants pitchers have given up 29 home runs and 244 runs (6th in the league). Lotte has conceded 516 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) as well as 228 earned runs. The Giants hold a team earned run average of 4.07 on the campaign (6th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 443 hitters.

The Landers have a team slugging % of .382 and they have an average of 4.53 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have recorded 86 doubles, while getting a free base 208 times as well as recording 267 runs. SSG has 54 home runs for the season to go along with 250 RBIs. They have struck out on 418 occasions (5th in KBO) and have totaled 503 base hits. The SSG Landers have compiled a team OBP of .329 and a team batting average of .252 on the season.

Jeong Choi is a batter who should impact this game for SSG. Choi has earned a walk 947 times while fanning on 1,608 occasions. His OBP comes in at .390 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .916. During the 7,163 at-bats in his career, Choi has an average at the plate of .287 and has racked up 2,055 hits. He has accrued 1,325 runs in addition to having earned 1,405 RBIs. He has gone yard 441 times, with 3,769 total bases and a .526 slugging percentage.

Out of their 65 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 43 times and been caught 22 times (33.8% caught stealing percentage). The SSG Landers have turned 52 double plays and have a fielding rate of .978 (7th in the league). The Landers have recorded 593 assists, 48 errors and have accounted for 1,582 putouts so far this year.

The Landers hold a team WHIP of 1.427 and have a FIP of 4.04 as a team on the season. They are currently ranked 7th in KBO as a staff in total hits surrendered with 497. The SSG pitching staff have surrendered 237 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 3.65 (214 earned runs conceded). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.66 (423 strikeouts vs 255 free passes). They have conceded 37 homers and they concede 4.04 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG

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