Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 9/22/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers

Date: Friday, September 22, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the venue where Jeong Choi and the SSG Landers (63-59, 5th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (58-65, 7th in KBO) on Friday, September 22, 2023.

Lotte has a slugging percentage of .357 and have been rung up 859 times, while being walked on 445 occasions. They have 503 RBI's in addition to 1,074 hits on the season, while their batting average is sitting at .260. The Giants have accrued 191 doubles as a team and have hit 57 balls out of the park. They have 540 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .335. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are compiling 4.4 runs per outing, which ranks them 7th in baseball.

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Chi-Hong Ahn is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. In his pro baseball career, Ahn has slapped 140 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 842 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he came to the plate 6,443 times and has delivered a base hit 1,684 times. Ahn has compiled an average at the plate of .297 for his career, with 832 scored runs and an OPS of .800. His slugging percentage is .437 and he has totaled 2,477 bases. He has struck out 847 times and has been walked on 552 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .363 on-base percentage.

The Giants have swiped 74 bases and have been thrown out 39 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 34.5%. The Lotte Giants are sitting with 3,271 putouts on the year, as well as 1,167 assists and 89 errors. Their fielding rate is at .980 which is 4th in the league and they have twisted 94 double plays.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.95 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.49. Giants pitchers have conceded 66 long balls in addition to 570 runs in total (5th in baseball). Lotte has yielded 1,158 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 507 earned runs. The Giants have an ERA of 4.19 on the year (6th in the league), and the staff has struck out 909 batters.

SSG has knocked in 108 HRs this year as well as 521 RBIs. They hit 198 two-baggers, while taking a walk 430 times and notching 563 runs. The SSG Landers have tallied an OBP of .334 and a team batting average of .259 so far this year. The Landers hold a team slugging % of .388 and they tally 4.54 runs per game (5th in the league). They have struck out on 822 instances (8th in the league) and have notched a total of 1,105 base hits.

Jeong Choi is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. In the 7,391 at-bats in his pro career, Choi has earned a batting average of .287 and has racked up 2,124 hits. He has homered 454 times, with 3,897 total bases and also a .527 slugging percentage. Choi has drawn a walk 977 times while going down on strikes on 1,651 attempts. He has accumulated 1,362 runs and has 1,450 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .390 and he also has a career OPS of .917.

The SSG Landers have turned 132 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (8th in the league). The Landers have recorded 1,288 assists, 101 errors and have a tally of 3,328 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 164 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 112 times and been caught 52 times (31.7% caught stealing percentage).

The SSG pitching staff have relinquished 617 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.51 (556 earned runs relinquished). They have yielded 91 homers and they surrender 5.01 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO). The Landers hold a team WHIP of 1.552 in addition to having a FIP of 5.01 as a pitching staff on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.57 (847 strikeouts against 540 bases on balls). They are sitting at 4th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,181.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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