Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/22/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (15-27, 10th in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (29-16, 1st in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.

The Tigers have compiled 84 doubles as a team and have knocked 52 balls out of the park. Kia owns a slugging percentage of .445 and have been called out on strikes 298 times, while getting the free base on 180 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are putting up 5.8 runs per game, which ranks them 1st in KBO. They have accounted for 252 RBI's and 480 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is .293. They are sitting with 266 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .367.

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Do Yeong Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Kim has accumulated a batting average of .291 in his time in baseball, in addition to 148 runs scored and an OPS of .810. He has gone down on strikes 162 times and has walked on 72 occasions, contributing to a .356 on-base percentage. For his pro baseball career, Kim has hit 21 baseballs over the fence while driving in 95 runs. His slugging percentage is .454 in addition to racking up 337 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 834 times and has reached base with a hit 216 times.

The Kia Tigers have 1,247 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 471 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .971 which has them ranked 10th in KBO and they have turned 44 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 39 bags and have been thrown out 11 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 22.0%.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.86 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.45. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 37 home runs and also 219 total runs (9th in the league). Kia has relinquished 412 base knocks (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 175 earned runs. The Tigers hold a team earned run average of 3.79 on the year (1st in baseball), and they have rung up 353 hitters.

The Giants have a team slugging % of .392 and they are scoring 4.45 runs per contest (10th in KBO). They have notched 77 two-baggers, while getting a free base 132 times as well as scoring 196 runs. Lotte has compiled 31 long balls for the year to go along with 183 RBIs. They have struck out on 355 occasions (6th in the league) and have accounted for 415 base knocks. The Lotte Giants have accounted for an on-base percentage of .330 and a team batting average of .266 on the campaign.

Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. In the 6,198 at-bats in his career, Jeon has hit .300 with 1,862 hits. He has gone deep 203 times, with 2,890 total bases and also a .466 slugging percentage. Jeon has recorded a free base 567 times while being called out on strikes on 1,028 tries. He has recorded 1,016 runs in addition to having 919 runs batted in. His on-base % is .364 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .830.

Out of their 56 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 35 times and been caught 21 times (37.5% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 43 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in KBO). The Giants have 442 assists, 35 errors and have a total of 1,165 putouts this season.

The Lotte pitching staff have given up 231 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.96 (214 earned runs conceded). They have given up 46 home runs and they surrender 5.35 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.546 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.35 as a squad on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.06 (335 strikeouts against 163 walks). They are currently ranked 7th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 437.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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