Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/8/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Chi Hong An and the Hanwha Eagles (14-21, 9th in KBO) head to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, where they'll take on the Lotte Giants (11-22, 10th in KBO).

Hanwha owns a slugging percentage of .386 and have been rung up 264 times, while drawing a walk on 145 occasions. They have compiled 167 RBI's in addition to 298 hits for the season, while their average at the plate is .252. The Eagles have tallied 61 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 27 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 174 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .345. As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are notching 5.0 runs/g, which ranks them 9th in KBO.

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Chi Hong An is a batter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Ahn has a batting average of .296 for his time in baseball, with 848 scored runs and an OPS of .797. He has struck out 870 times and has walked on 566 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .362 OBP. For his pro baseball career, Ahn has hit 141 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 857 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .435 in addition to earning 2,525 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to the plate 6,603 times and also came through with a hit 1,720 times.

The Hanwha Eagles have earned a total of 918 putouts on the campaign, as well as 327 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which has them ranked 6th in Korean baseball and have earned 34 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 35 bags and have been gunned down 11 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 23.9%.

The Eagles are sitting with a team ERA of 5.12 so far this year (6th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 261 hitters. Eagles pitchers have surrendered 33 long balls and also 191 total runs (3rd in baseball). Hanwha has allowed 334 hits (9.8 per 9 innings) in addition to 174 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.98 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.52.

Lotte has a total of 23 home runs on the campaign to go along with 138 runs batted in. They have notched 61 doubles, while taking a walk 100 times as well as putting up 149 runs. The Lotte Giants are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .330 and a batting average of .267 over the course of the season. The Giants hold a slugging % of .392 and they average 4.38 runs per outing (10th in KBO). They have been called out on strikes on 272 occasions (5th in KBO) and have a total of 322 hits.

Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Jeon has tallied a free base 562 times while going down on strikes on 1,025 attempts. He has recorded 1,012 runs and racked up 908 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .364 and he holds a career OPS of .829. He has gone deep 200 times, with 2,872 total bases and also a .465 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 6,177 official at-bats in his professional career, Jeon has accumulated a batting average of .300 with 1,855 base hits.

In their 38 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 25 times and been caught 13 times (34.2% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 34 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .981 (5th in Korean baseball). The Giants have accrued 334 assists, 24 errors and have notched a total of 892 putouts so far this season.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.592 in addition to having a FIP of 5.72 as a pitching staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.02 (250 strikeouts against 124 free passes). They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 349. They have given up 36 HR's and they concede 5.72 runs per 9 innings (8th in KBO). The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 189 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 5.24 (173 earned runs surrendered).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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