Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/30/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: TVING

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (8-20, 10th in KBO) host the Kiwoom Heroes (13-16, 7th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

The Heroes have accumulated 45 doubles as a squad and have knocked 29 balls out of the stadium. Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .405 and have been rung up 221 times, while being walked on 96 occasions. As a unit, the Kiwoom Heroes are putting up 5.1 runs per game, which has them sitting at 8th in baseball. They have tallied 142 runs batted in in addition to 262 hits for the year, while their batting average is at .263. They have notched a total of 147 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .335.

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Ronnie Dawson is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Dawson has accrued an average at the plate of .271 for his baseball career, with 682 scored runs and an OPS of .803. He has struck out 980 times and earned a walk on 482 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .360 on-base percentage. For his career, Dawson has hit 133 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 570 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .443 in addition to having tallied 1,786 bases. For his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 4,645 times and got on base with a hit 1,094 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes have earned a total of 773 putouts on the year, as well as 261 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which is 3rd in KBO and have a total of 25 double plays. The Heroes have swiped 22 bases and have been thrown out 6 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 21.4%.

The Heroes are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.32 on the campaign (9th in the league), and their staff has struck out 186 hitters. Heroes pitchers have conceded 25 long balls and 167 runs in total (4th in the league). Kiwoom has surrendered 288 base hits (10.1 per 9 innings) and also 152 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.74 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.54.

The Giants have a team SLG% of .369 and they average 4.00 runs per game (10th in KBO). They have notched 45 doubles, while taking a walk 89 times as well as putting up 116 runs. Lotte has tallied 18 home runs so far this season to go along with 108 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 241 occasions (4th in KBO) and have notched a total of 262 base hits. The Lotte Giants have accumulated an on-base percentage of .324 and a team batting average of .258 on the season.

Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. For the 6,156 at-bats in his professional career, Jeon has a batting average of .300 and has racked up 1,848 base hits. He has homered 199 times, as well as 2,861 total bases and a .465 slugging percentage. Jeon has recorded a walk 561 times while fanning on 1,020 tries. He has accounted for 1,009 runs and also has 902 runs batted in. His OBP is .364 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .829.

Out of their 35 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 22 times and been caught 13 times (37.1% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 30 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in Korean baseball). The Giants have recorded 277 assists, 22 errors and have earned 757 putouts so far this year.

The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 160 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 5.14 (144 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 30 homers and they concede 5.71 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.563 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.71 as a staff this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.14 (216 strikeouts vs 101 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 3rd in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 293.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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