SSG Landers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 4/9/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Sunday, April 9, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the venue where Eun-won Jung and the Hanwha Eagles (1-3, 10th in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (2-1, 1st in KBO) on Sunday, April 9, 2023.

The Landers have hit 3 doubles as a team and have hit 3 balls out of the park. SSG has a slugging percentage of .375 and have struck out 19 times, while getting the free base on 19 occasions. As a team, the SSG Landers are scoring 4.0 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 9th in baseball. They have compiled 9 runs batted in in addition to 21 base knocks this year, and their team batting average is at .239. They have accounted for 12 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .380.

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Seong Han Park is a batter who can be a difference maker for SSG. In his career, Park has slapped 9 baseballs out of the park while driving in 113 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped into the batters box 1,222 times and has delivered with a base hit 306 times. Park has accumulated a batting average of .287 in his time in baseball, with 134 runs scored and an OPS of .733. His slugging percentage sits at .368 and he has racked up 392 bases. He has gone down on strikes 193 times and has gotten a free base on 129 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .365 on-base percentage.

The Landers have swiped 2 bases and have been thrown out 2 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 50.0%. The SSG Landers have earned a total of 75 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 30 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .972 which puts them in 6th in Korean baseball and they have turned 5 double plays.

The Landers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.60 for the season (3rd in the league), and their staff has rung up 18 batters. Landers pitchers have conceded 1 home runs and also 11 runs (9th in baseball). SSG has surrendered 21 base hits (7.6 per 9 innings) and also 10 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.29 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.40.

The Hanwha Eagles have tallied a team on-base percentage of .325 as well as a batting average of .253 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 39 instances (2nd in KBO) and have earned 37 hits. Hanwha has accounted for 2 home runs over the course of the season in addition to 20 RBIs. The Eagles hold a slugging % of .356 and they score 5.50 runs per game (3rd in KBO). They hit 7 two-baggers, while getting a free base 16 times as well as scoring 22 runs.

Eun-won Jung is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. For the 2,041 at-bats in his pro career, Jung has recorded a batting average of .267 in addition to 544 base hits. He has gone yard 29 times, with 750 bases in total and also a .367 slugging %. Jung has drawn a walk 302 times while going down on strikes on 408 tries. He has recorded 298 runs in addition to having 195 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .361 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .728.

Out of their 1 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 0 times and been caught 1 time (100.0% caught stealing rate). The Hanwha Eagles have twisted 2 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .979 (5th in Korean baseball). The Eagles have recorded 34 assists, 3 errors and have accounted for 104 putouts over the course of the season.

The Hanwha pitching staff have allowed 18 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 4.47 (17 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 3 home runs and they surrender 4.67 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO). The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.374 and have a FIP of 4.67 as a staff this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.11 (28 strikeouts vs 9 walks). They rank 6th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 38.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG

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