Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/17/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

David MacKinnon and the Samsung Lions (8-10, 8th in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (9-11, 7th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

Doosan has a slugging % of .402 and have been rung up 172 times, while being walked on 78 occasions. They have 91 runs batted in in addition to 162 hits this year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .245. The Bears have accounted for 32 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 20 balls out of the stadium. They have racked up 97 runs and hold an OBP of .326. As a squad, the Doosan Bears are putting up 4.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 9th in KBO.

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Kyeong-min Ho is a batter who should impact this game for Doosan. Ho has recorded a batting average of .292 in his time in baseball, with 708 scored runs and an OPS of .742. He has gone down on strikes 423 times and has walked on 379 at-bats, contributing to a .356 on-base percentage. For his professional baseball career, Ho has hit 54 baseballs out of the park while driving in 584 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .386 and he has totaled 1,818 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 5,334 times and got on base with a base hit 1,375 times.

The Doosan Bears have accounted for 531 putouts so far this season, as well as 175 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .975 which has them ranked 8th in Korean baseball and have 15 double plays. The Bears have stolen 14 bags and have been thrown out 0 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 0.0%.

They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.06 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.48. Bears pitchers have surrendered 14 home runs and 99 runs in total (6th in KBO). Doosan has given up 184 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and also 87 earned runs. The Bears are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.42 for the year (3rd in KBO), and the staff has struck out 161 hitters.

The Samsung Lions have a team OBP of .350 and a team batting average of .264 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 154 occasions (5th in baseball) and have earned 179 base knocks. Samsung has hit 17 home runs this season to go along with 94 runs batted in. The Lions hold a team slugging percentage of .393 and they average 5.05 runs per game (8th in the league). They have 33 doubles, while getting a free base 78 times and putting up 96 runs.

David MacKinnon is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. MacKinnon has tallied a walk 428 times while fanning on 530 attempts. His on-base rate is .396 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .827. During the 2,997 at-bats in his baseball career, MacKinnon has recorded a batting average of .304 in addition to having 910 hits. He has amassed 477 runs and also has 418 RBIs. He has gone deep 61 times, with 1,291 total bases and also a .431 slugging percentage.

Out of their 28 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 21 times and been caught 7 times (25.0% caught stealing rate). The Samsung Lions have turned 19 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (2nd in KBO). The Lions have 185 assists, 9 errors and have accounted for 527 putouts for the season.

The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.541 and have a FIP of 5.53 as a squad this season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.79 (125 strikeouts vs 70 free passes). They are sitting at 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 200. They have yielded 23 home runs and they relinquish 5.53 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 108 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 5.50 (107 earned runs conceded).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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