Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/23/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Dong Hee Yoon and the Lotte Giants (15-27, 10th in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (29-16, 1st in KBO) on Thursday, May 23, 2024.

The Tigers have hit 84 doubles as a team and have hit 52 balls out of the park. Kia has a slugging percentage of .445 and have been called out on strikes 298 times, while being walked on 180 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are scoring 5.8 runs per contest, which is 1st in the league. They have accrued 252 RBI's and 480 base knocks this year, while their batting average sits at .293. They have earned a total of 266 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .367.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In his career, Choi has slapped 381 balls over the fence while knocking in 1,584 runs. His slugging percentage is .532 and he has accumulated 4,056 bases. For his time in the league, he came to the plate 8,927 times and has come through with a base hit 2,374 times. He has fanned 1,347 times and has taken a walk on 1,097 occasions, contributing to a .401 OBP. Choi has hit .311 for his career in baseball, in addition to 1,252 runs scored and an OPS of .933.

The Kia Tigers are sitting with 1,247 putouts this year, as well as 471 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .971 which is 10th in KBO and have a total of 44 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 39 bags and have been gunned down 11 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 22.0%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.86 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.45. Tigers pitchers have conceded 37 long balls and also 219 total runs (9th in baseball). Kia has yielded 412 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and also 175 earned runs. The Tigers have an earned run average of 3.79 for the year (1st in KBO), and they have struck out 353 batters.

The Lotte Giants have accounted for a team OBP of .330 and a batting average of .266 this season. They have been rung up on 355 instances (6th in the league) and have tallied 415 base hits. Lotte has a total of 31 home runs on the campaign as well as 183 runs batted in. The Giants have a team SLG% of .392 and they score 4.45 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have recorded 77 doubles, while taking a walk 132 times and racking up 196 runs.

Dong Hee Yoon is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. Yoon has earned a free base 45 times while fanning on 102 tries. He has accounted for 78 runs and notched 55 RBIs. His on-base rate is .330 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .690. He has homered 4 times, with 202 bases in total and a .360 slugging %. For the 561 at-bats in his professional career, Yoon has accumulated a batting average of .278 with 156 hits.

Out of their 56 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 35 times and been caught 21 times (37.5% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 43 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in Korean baseball). The Giants have accrued 442 assists, 35 errors and have earned a total of 1,165 putouts for the year.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.546 and have a FIP of 5.35 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.06 (335 strikeouts vs 163 free passes). They are sitting at 7th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 437. They have allowed 46 homers and they concede 5.35 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 231 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 4.96 (214 earned runs conceded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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