Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/29/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (28-23, 4th in KBO) will take on the Kiwoom Heroes (20-30, 10th in KBO) on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.

The Heroes have earned 73 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 41 balls out of the park. Kiwoom owns a slugging percentage of .388 and have been called out on strikes 369 times, while drawing a walk on 163 occasions. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are earning 4.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in the league. They have compiled 225 runs batted in in addition to 463 hits for the year, and their average at the plate is at .267. They have accumulated 234 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .335.

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Whee Jip Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .228 for his career, with 118 scored runs and an OPS of .671. He has fanned 284 times and has been walked on 115 occasions, which contributes in part to a .323 on-base %. In his professional baseball career, Kim has slapped 22 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 120 runs. His career slugging percentage is .348 and he has totaled 327 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 1,106 times and has come through with a base knock 214 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes have earned 1,330 putouts thus far, as well as 458 assists and 38 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .979 which puts them in 7th in the league and have accumulated 45 double plays. The Heroes have swiped 38 bags and have been caught 14 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 26.9%.

The Heroes have compiled a team earned run average of 4.96 so far this year (7th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 316 batters. Kiwoom has given up 492 base knocks (10.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 244 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.73 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.52. Heroes pitchers have surrendered 43 long balls and 268 runs in total (4th in baseball).

The Samsung Lions have tallied a team OBP of .350 and a team batting average of .269 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 408 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have 492 hits. Samsung has 49 long balls over the course of the season to go along with 255 runs batted in. The Lions hold a team slugging % of .404 and they score 5.12 runs per game (6th in baseball). They have hit 88 doubles, while walking 207 times and putting up 266 runs.

Ja Wook Koo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For the 4,407 at-bats in his professional career, Koo has accumulated a batting average of .315 and has racked up 1,388 base hits. He has hit the long ball 143 times, as well as 2,202 bases in total and a .500 slugging percentage. Koo has earned a free base 442 times while striking out on 872 chances. He has recorded 821 runs in addition to having earned 708 RBIs. His OBP sits at .381 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .881.

The Samsung Lions have turned 38 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (2nd in KBO). The Lions have accrued 438 assists, 36 errors and have accumulated 1,412 putouts for the season. In their 70 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 49 times and been caught 21 times (30.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 265 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.77 (249 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 53 dingers and they allow 5.07 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO). The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.459 in addition to having a FIP of 5.07 as a unit on the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.02 (381 strikeouts against 189 walks). They are currently ranked 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 497.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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