Kiwoom Heroes vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 4/20/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, April 20, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Kyeong-min Ho and the Doosan Bears (9-14, 8th in KBO) host the Kiwoom Heroes (12-8, 4th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Saturday, April 20, 2024.

The Heroes have earned 30 doubles as a squad and have hit 25 balls out of the park. Kiwoom owns a slugging percentage of .436 and have been called out on strikes 148 times, while taking a walk on 65 occasions. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are putting up 5.8 runs per game, which puts them at 3rd in baseball. They have amassed 111 runs batted in in addition to 191 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average comes in at .276. They have accumulated 116 runs scored and have an OBP of .345.

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Ronnie Dawson is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Dawson has hit .271 for his career in baseball, in addition to 678 runs scored and an OPS of .802. He has struck out 975 times and has gotten a free base on 478 occasions, contributing to a .360 OBP. For his career, Dawson has hit 132 baseballs over the fence while driving in 566 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .442 in addition to having tallied 1,767 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 4,606 times and has delivered a base knock 1,083 times.

The Heroes have swiped 15 bases and have been thrown out 5 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 25.0%. The Kiwoom Heroes have 531 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 195 assists and 12 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .984 which has them sitting 3rd in KBO and they have turned 21 double plays.

The Heroes have compiled a team earned run average of 4.37 on the season (4th in KBO), and they have rung up 131 batters. Heroes pitchers have conceded 18 home runs and also 93 runs in total (8th in KBO). Kiwoom has yielded 173 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 86 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.70 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.41.

The Bears hold a slugging percentage of .392 and they earn 4.61 runs per game (9th in the league). The have tallied 33 doubles, while taking a walk 88 times as well as scoring 106 runs. Doosan has tallied 23 home runs so far this season and 99 RBIs. They have struck out on 196 occasions (1st in KBO) and are sitting with 183 base knocks. The Doosan Bears have earned a team OBP of .323 in addition to a batting average of .241 for the season.

Kyeong-min Ho is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. For the 4,721 at-bats in his career, Ho has accrued an average at the plate of .292 in addition to having 1,378 base knocks. He has gone deep 54 times, in addition to having 1,822 bases in total and a .386 slugging %. Ho has drawn a free base 381 times while fanning on 424 plate appearances. He has compiled 708 runs and has 584 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .356 and he has a career OPS of .742.

In their 17 tries at getting a steal, they have been successful 17 times and been caught 0 times (0.0% caught stealing rate). The Doosan Bears have turned 17 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in the league). The Bears have 193 assists, 18 errors and have earned a total of 603 putouts for the season.

The Bears have a WHIP of 1.522 in addition to having a FIP of 5.37 as a unit over the course of the season. They are currently ranked 5th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 213. The Doosan pitching staff have given up 120 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.84 (108 earned runs yielded). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.01 (187 strikeouts vs 93 walks). They have allowed 22 dingers and they concede 5.37 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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