Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers Prediction, 6/24/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers

Date: Saturday, June 24, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: SBS SPORTS

Jose Pirela and the Samsung Lions (26-38, 9th in KBO) head to Incheon SSG Landers Field on Saturday, June 24, 2023, where they'll take on the SSG Landers (40-24, 1st in KBO).

The Lions have recorded 86 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 43 balls out of the stadium. Samsung has a slugging rate of .352 and have been rung up 442 times, while being walked on 207 occasions. As a team, the Samsung Lions are recording 4.1 runs per contest, which has them at 8th in baseball. They have 252 RBI's as well as 544 hits this season, while their average at the plate comes in at .248. They are sitting with 264 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .320.

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Jose Pirela is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. In his career, Pirela has slapped 204 balls over the fence while driving in 1,042 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .436 in addition to having tallied 3,485 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 8,927 times and has come through with a base knock 2,288 times. He has gone down on strikes 1,275 times and earned a walk on 714 occasions, which contributes in part to a .350 OBP. Pirela has hit .286 in his time in baseball, with 1,264 scored runs and an OPS of .786.

The Samsung Lions have a tally of 1,716 putouts this season, as well as 617 assists and 35 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which puts them in 2nd in KBO and they have twisted 41 double plays. The Lions have swiped 28 bags and have been gunned down 9 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 24.3%.

They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.03 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.46. Lions pitchers have allowed 48 home runs in addition to 327 total runs (1st in the league). Samsung has allowed 621 base hits (9.8 per 9 innings) and also 300 earned runs. The Lions have an ERA of 4.72 on the campaign (10th in the league), and the staff has struck out 435 hitters.

The SSG Landers have earned a team on-base percentage of .333 in addition to a team batting average of .256 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 454 instances (6th in KBO) and have earned a total of 566 base knocks. SSG has hit 62 long balls for the year as well as 284 runs batted in. The Landers hold a slugging percentage of .392 and they average 4.63 runs per game (3rd in KBO). The have tallied 99 two-baggers, while taking a walk 228 times and putting up 301 runs.

Jeong Choi is a batter who should impact this game for SSG. Choi has earned a free base 950 times while fanning on 1,613 attempts. His OBP sits at .390 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .917. For the 7,185 official at-bats in his career, Choi has hit .287 with 2,063 base hits. He has recorded 1,331 runs and notched 1,415 RBIs. He has homered 444 times, in addition to having 3,788 total bases and a .527 slugging %.

The SSG Landers have twisted 58 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in Korean baseball). The Landers have 653 assists, 52 errors and have a tally of 1,747 putouts this season. Of their 71 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 47 times and been caught 24 times (33.8% caught stealing rate).

The SSG pitching staff have surrendered 259 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 3.57 (231 earned runs yielded). They have given up 42 dingers and they surrender 4.00 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Landers hold a team WHIP of 1.431 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.00 as a unit on the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.65 (464 strikeouts against 281 bases on balls). They are sitting at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 552.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take SSG

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