Doosan Bears vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 4/26/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Friday, April 26, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Si Hwan Roh and the Hanwha Eagles (11-14, 8th in KBO) host the Doosan Bears (12-15, 7th in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Friday, April 26, 2024.

As a squad, the Doosan Bears are scoring 5.0 runs/g, which has them sitting at 9th in the league. They have notched a total of 135 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .330. The Bears have tallied 42 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 28 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 125 RBI's as well as 235 base knocks this season, while their batting average comes in at .259. Doosan has a slugging rate of .412 and have been called out on strikes 217 times, while being walked on 93 occasions.

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Soo Bin Jung is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. For his career, Jung has slapped 33 balls out of the park while knocking in 502 runs. For his time in baseball, he came to the plate 5,580 times and has notched a base knock 1,361 times. Jung has recorded a batting average of .280 for his career in baseball, with 838 runs scored and an OPS of .724. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .373 in addition to earning 1,816 bases. He has struck out 720 times and has walked on 483 occasions, which contributes in part to a .351 on-base %.

The Doosan Bears have earned 711 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 230 assists and 21 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .978 which puts them in 7th in the league and they have turned 24 double plays. The Bears have swiped 17 bags and have been caught 0 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 0.0%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.88 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.54. Bears pitchers have surrendered 24 home runs and also 140 runs in total (3rd in baseball). Doosan has given up 251 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 123 earned runs. The Bears have compiled a team earned run average of 4.67 on the year (5th in the league), and their staff has struck out 212 hitters.

The Hanwha Eagles have an on-base percentage of .346 as well as a batting average of .256 this year. They have been called out on strikes on 186 occasions (8th in baseball) and have tallied 216 hits. Hanwha has tallied 17 long balls over the course of the season and 121 runs batted in. The Eagles have a slugging percentage of .389 and they are scoring 5.04 runs per contest (8th in baseball). They have 47 doubles, while getting a free base 100 times as well as earning 126 runs.

Si Hwan Roh is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. For the 1,947 official at-bats in his pro career, Noh has compiled an average at the plate of .263 in addition to having 513 hits. He has hit a home run 73 times, as well as 847 bases in total and also a .435 slugging percentage. Noh has recorded a free base 252 times while fanning on 533 chances. He has a total of 277 runs and also has 319 RBIs. His on-base % is .351 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .786.

Out of their 37 tries at stealing a base, they have made it 28 times and been caught 9 times (24.3% caught stealing rate). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 26 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .982 (2nd in the league). The Eagles have accrued 219 assists, 16 errors and have earned a total of 657 putouts so far this season.

The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.411 and have a FIP of 4.81 as a pitching staff this season. They rank 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 213. The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 117 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.32 (105 earned runs relinquished). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.09 (201 strikeouts vs 96 walks). They have yielded 23 dingers and they surrender 4.81 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Doosan

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