Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/1/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: TVING

Dong Hee Yoon and the Lotte Giants (8-20, 10th in KBO) play the Kiwoom Heroes (13-16, 7th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

The Heroes have recorded 45 doubles as a squad and have hit 29 balls out of the stadium. Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .405 and have struck out 221 times, while taking a walk on 96 occasions. As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are knocking in 5.1 runs per contest, which has them at 8th in the league. They have tallied 142 runs batted in and 262 hits for the season, while their team batting average sits at .263. They are sitting with 147 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .335.

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Hye Seong Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim is sitting with a batting avereage of .300 in his time in baseball, with 520 runs scored and an OPS of .758. He has fanned 570 times and earned a walk on 286 occasions, which contributes in part to a .361 OBP. For his career, Kim has drilled 31 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 329 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .397 in addition to racking up 1,199 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 3,357 times and has delivered a base hit 906 times.

The Heroes have swiped 22 bases and have been gunned down 6 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 21.4%. The Kiwoom Heroes have a tally of 773 putouts for the season, in addition to 261 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .982 which has them ranked 3rd in KBO and they have turned 25 double plays.

The Heroes have an ERA of 5.32 so far this season (9th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 186 batters. Heroes pitchers have allowed 25 home runs and 167 runs (4th in the league). Kiwoom has relinquished 288 base hits (10.1 per 9 innings) and 152 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.74 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.54.

Lotte has a total of 18 home runs so far this year to go along with 108 RBIs. They have 45 doubles, while getting a free base 89 times and recording 116 runs. The Lotte Giants have a team on-base percentage of .324 and a batting average of .258 on the campaign. The Giants have a slugging percentage of .369 and they average 4.00 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have struck out on 241 occasions (4th in KBO) and have recorded 262 base hits.

Dong Hee Yoon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Yoon has drawn a walk 39 times while going down on strikes on 93 attempts. His on-base rate is .324 and he has earned a career OPS of .675. Over the course of the 501 official at-bats in his pro career, Yoon has an average at the plate of .273 with 137 hits. He is sitting with 63 runs in addition to having earned 51 RBIs. He has gone deep 3 times, in addition to having 176 total bases and a .351 slugging %.

The Lotte Giants have turned 30 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in Korean baseball). The Giants have 277 assists, 22 errors and have earned a total of 757 putouts for the year. Of their 35 attempts at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 22 times and been caught 13 times (37.1% caught stealing percentage).

The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 160 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 5.14 (144 earned runs yielded). They have yielded 30 long balls and they surrender 5.71 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.563 in addition to having a FIP of 5.71 as a squad so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.14 (216 strikeouts vs 101 bases on balls). They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 293.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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