SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/21/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Sunday, May 21, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SBS SPORTS

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (21-12, 2nd in KBO) will take on the SSG Landers (24-13, 1st in KBO) on Sunday, May 21, 2023.

The Landers have hit 60 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 32 balls out of the park. SSG owns a slugging percentage of .378 and have been called out on strikes 277 times, while getting the free base on 145 occasions. As a unit, the SSG Landers are knocking in 4.4 runs/g, which has them at 5th in baseball. They have accumulated 153 RBI's as well as 327 hits so far this year, and their team batting average is sitting at .255. They have accounted for 167 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .338.

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Seong Han Park is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for SSG. Park has an average at the plate of .283 for his career, in addition to 146 scored runs and an OPS of .728. He has gone down on strikes 209 times and has gotten a free base on 151 occasions, contributing to a .365 on-base percentage. In his career, Park has hit 10 baseballs out of the park while driving in 124 runs. His slugging percentage is .363 in addition to earning 430 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 1,362 times and has reached base with a hit 335 times.

The Landers have swiped 28 bases and have been caught 13 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 31.7%. The SSG Landers have amassed 1,024 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 383 assists and 39 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .973 which has them sitting 8th in KBO and have 35 double plays.

The Landers have an ERA of 3.27 on the campaign (1st in baseball), and their staff has rung up 278 hitters. SSG has surrendered 328 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and 124 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.79 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.42. Landers pitchers have given up 21 home runs and 142 runs (9th in KBO).

The Lotte Giants have accounted for an on-base percentage of .335 in addition to a team batting average of .260 this year. They have been rung up on 210 occasions (10th in baseball) and have earned 291 base knocks. Lotte has a total of 16 home runs this season to go along with 145 RBIs. The Giants have a team slugging % of .358 and they are recording 4.79 runs per game (2nd in baseball). They have notched 46 two-baggers, while taking a walk 123 times as well as putting up 158 runs.

Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Jeon has tallied a walk 513 times while being called out on strikes on 950 tries. His on-base percentage sits at .361 and he has earned a career OPS of .823. For the 5,652 official at-bats in his pro career, Jeon is sitting with a batting avereage of .298 with 1,684 base hits. He has amassed 930 runs in addition to having earned 824 runs batted in. He has gone yard 181 times, as well as 2,608 total bases and a .461 slugging percentage.

In their 37 tries at stealing a base, they have made it 28 times and been caught 9 times (24.3% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 23 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (2nd in KBO). The Giants have racked up 285 assists, 15 errors and have a total of 890 putouts for the season.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.438 and have a FIP of 4.43 as a squad for the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.11 (264 strikeouts against 125 walks). They sit at 8th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 301. They have allowed 19 long balls and they relinquish 4.43 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have relinquished 146 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.19 (138 earned runs relinquished).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG

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