Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/5/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, April 5, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (2-6, 8th in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (4-6, 7th in KBO) on Friday, April 5, 2024.

As a team, the Doosan Bears are scoring 5.7 runs per game, which is 2nd in KBO. They have earned 57 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .349. The Bears have accumulated 16 doubles as a squad and have hit 13 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 53 RBI's as well as 91 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average sits at .268. Doosan has a slugging percentage of .459 and have been rung up 84 times, while drawing a walk on 42 occasions.

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Kyeong-min Ho is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. For his professional baseball career, Ho has slapped 54 balls out of the park while driving in 582 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he faced a pitcher 5,298 times and came through with a base base hit 1,368 times. Ho has an average at the plate of .292 in his time in baseball, in addition to 703 runs scored and an OPS of .742. His slugging percentage is .386 in addition to having tallied 1,810 bases. He has fanned 420 times and has taken a walk on 375 at-bats, contributing to a .356 OBP.

The Bears have swiped 5 bases and have been caught 0 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 0.0%. The Doosan Bears have 261 putouts so far this season, in addition to 82 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .974 which is 7th in KBO and they have turned 6 double plays.

Their K/BB ratio is 2.13 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.62. Bears pitchers have surrendered 11 home runs and 59 total runs (3rd in baseball). Doosan has surrendered 103 base knocks (10.7 per 9 innings) as well as 54 earned runs. The Bears have an ERA of 5.59 this season (8th in the league), and their staff has struck out 81 hitters.

Lotte has knocked in 4 long balls over the course of the season as well as 22 runs batted in. They have hit 9 two-baggers, while taking a walk 27 times and earning 23 runs. The Lotte Giants have accumulated an OBP of .320 and a batting average of .247 this season. The Giants hold a team slugging percentage of .327 and they earn 2.88 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have struck out on 81 occasions (4th in KBO) and have earned 70 hits.

Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Jeon has earned a walk 557 times while striking out on 1,006 attempts. His on-base rate is .364 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .829. In the 6,071 at-bats in his career, Jeon has a batting average of .300 in addition to having 1,823 base knocks. He has tallied 997 runs and has 890 runs batted in. He has gone yard 197 times, with 2,822 total bases and a .465 slugging %.

The Lotte Giants have turned 6 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .967 (9th in the league). The Giants have accrued 81 assists, 10 errors and have amassed 210 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 14 tries at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 7 times and been caught 7 times (50.0% caught stealing rate).

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.543 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.01 as a team this year. They rank 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 69. The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 39 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 4.11 (32 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.79 (70 strikeouts against 39 free passes). They have conceded 6 HR's and they give up 5.01 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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