Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 4/23/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers

Date: Sunday, April 23, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Min-ho Kang and the Samsung Lions (7-9, 8th in KBO) are headed to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Sunday, April 23, 2023, where they'll take on the Kia Tigers (4-10, 10th in KBO).

Samsung is slugging .380 and have been called out on strikes 113 times, while drawing a walk on 56 occasions. They have 73 runs batted in in addition to 142 hits so far this season, and their batting average is at .259. The Lions have tallied 22 doubles as a team and have hit 14 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 75 runs scored and have an OBP of .335. As a unit, the Samsung Lions are notching 4.7 runs per game, which puts them at 5th in the league.

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Min-ho Kang is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. In his career, Kang has drilled 306 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 1,098 runs. For his time in baseball, he came to the plate 7,822 times and also came through with a base knock 1,881 times. Kang has accrued an average at the plate of .275 in his time in baseball, with 869 runs scored and an OPS of .816. He has earned a slugging percentage of .462 and he has a total of 3,159 bases. He has gone down on strikes 1,421 times and has been walked on 724 occasions, which has contributed to a .354 on-base percentage.

The Samsung Lions have accumulated 436 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 163 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which puts them in 1st in KBO and have accumulated 13 double plays. The Lions have stolen 10 bases and have been gunned down 5 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 33.3%.

The Lions are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.15 over the course of the season (9th in the league), and their staff has rung up 105 batters. Lions pitchers have given up 10 home runs in addition to 89 total runs (2nd in the league). Samsung has given up 159 hits (9.9 per 9 innings) as well as 83 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.78 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.50.

Kia has recorded 4 long balls so far this season as well as 39 RBIs. They hit 14 two-baggers, while taking a walk 51 times and putting up 44 runs. The Kia Tigers hold an on-base percentage of .325 and a batting average of .250 for the season. The Tigers have a slugging percentage of .313 and they score 3.14 runs per outing (10th in the league). They have struck out on 118 instances (4th in the league) and have recorded 119 base hits.

Sun Bin Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Kim has recorded a free base 519 times while being called out on strikes on 466 chances. His OBP is .374 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .750. During the 4,580 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has an average at the plate of .301 in addition to 1,380 base hits. He is sitting with 651 runs and has 519 RBIs. He has homered 32 times, with 1,724 total bases and a .376 slugging %.

The Kia Tigers have turned 9 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .975 (6th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have accrued 130 assists, 13 errors and have accumulated 367 putouts so far this year. Out of their 16 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 12 times and been caught 4 times (25.0% caught stealing rate).

The Kia pitching staff have yielded 61 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.28 (58 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 14 home runs and they allow 4.49 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO). The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.450 in addition to having a FIP of 4.49 as a unit this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.44 (101 strikeouts against 70 bases on balls). They come in at 10th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 107.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kia and under the total runs

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