SSG Landers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 6/30/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Friday, June 30, 2023

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Gocheok Sky Dome is the site where Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (34-37, 6th in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (43-26, 2nd in KBO) on Friday, June 30, 2023.

The Landers have accumulated 106 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 71 balls out of the park. SSG owns a slugging percentage of .399 and have struck out 480 times, while being walked on 245 occasions. As a squad, the SSG Landers are recording 4.7 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 3rd in baseball. They have accounted for 309 RBI's and 619 hits so far this year, while their average at the plate is at .259. They have notched a total of 327 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .335.

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Guillermo Heredia is a batter who should impact this game for SSG. Heredia has an average at the plate of .267 for his time in baseball, with 537 scored runs and an OPS of .740. He has struck out 587 times and earned a walk on 358 occasions, which contributes in part to a .351 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Heredia has hit 66 balls out of the park while driving in 351 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .389 in addition to having tallied 1,309 bases. For his career, he faced a pitcher 3,892 times and has delivered with a hit 899 times.

The SSG Landers are sitting with 1,882 putouts for the season, in addition to 716 assists and 54 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .980 which has them ranked 7th in KBO and have accumulated 65 double plays. The Landers have swiped 52 bags and have been thrown out 26 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 33.3%.

The Landers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.77 for the year (4th in the league), and they have struck out 494 hitters. Landers pitchers have allowed 47 home runs and also 291 runs in total (7th in baseball). SSG has given up 602 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) in addition to 263 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.63 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.44.

The Heroes have a slugging percentage of .352 and they tally 4.08 runs per outing (9th in the league). They have hit 119 doubles, while taking a walk 255 times and racking up 298 runs. Kiwoom has recorded 32 HRs so far this season in addition to 286 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 560 occasions (2nd in the league) and have 649 base hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have earned an OBP of .330 as well as a batting average of .255 so far this season.

Hye Seong Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim has tallied a free base 249 times while fanning on 529 attempts. He has accrued 448 runs and also has 285 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .354 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .742. He has homered 24 times, in addition to having 1,028 total bases and also a .388 slugging percentage. During the 2,652 at-bats in his career, Kim has a batting average of .294 in addition to having 781 hits.

Out of their 72 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 54 times and been caught 18 times (25.0% caught stealing rate). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 70 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .980 (6th in the league). The Heroes have recorded 729 assists, 54 errors and have amassed 1,967 putouts on the campaign.

The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.299 and have a FIP of 3.94 as a unit this year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.48 (503 strikeouts against 203 bases on balls). They rank 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 648. They have relinquished 33 dingers and they relinquish 3.94 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 287 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 3.48 (253 earned runs surrendered).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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