Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 4/2/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Seung Min Go and the Lotte Giants (1-6, 9th in KBO) travel to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, where they'll meet the Hanwha Eagles (7-1, 1st in KBO).

As a squad, the Lotte Giants are compiling 3.1 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 10th in baseball. They have a total of 22 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .324. The Giants have tallied 9 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 4 balls out of the stadium. They have accrued 21 RBI's as well as 63 base knocks this year, while their batting average is sitting at .252. Lotte is slugging .344 and have been rung up 66 times, while being walked on 24 occasions.

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Seung Min Go is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Go is sitting with a batting avereage of .261 for his baseball career, with 85 scored runs and an OPS of .719. He has struck out 155 times and earned a walk on 77 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .338 on-base percentage. For his career, Go has drilled 9 balls over the fence while driving in 66 runs. His slugging percentage is .381 and he has totaled 247 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 742 times and has come through with a hit 169 times.

The Lotte Giants have a total of 183 putouts this year, in addition to 71 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .969 which has them sitting 9th in KBO and they have turned 5 double plays. The Giants have swiped 7 bases and have been thrown out 6 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 46.2%.

The Giants have an earned run average of 4.72 for the season (7th in the league), and the staff has struck out 58 batters. Giants pitchers have relinquished 6 long balls and 39 total runs (5th in KBO). Lotte has allowed 64 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 32 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.81 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.57.

The Eagles have a team slugging % of .498 and they are recording 6.75 runs per contest (1st in the league). They have 20 two-baggers, while getting a free base 34 times and scoring 54 runs. Hanwha has a total of 9 home runs for the year to go along with 53 RBIs. They have struck out on 56 instances (7th in baseball) and have totaled 77 base hits. The Hanwha Eagles have compiled a team OBP of .377 and a batting average of .291 for the year.

Si Hwan Roh is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. During the 1,880 at-bats in his pro career, Noh has an average at the plate of .262 with 493 base hits. He has hit it out of the park 71 times, with 817 total bases and a .435 slugging %. Noh has earned a free base 245 times while fanning on 516 attempts. He has accrued 267 runs in addition to having earned 309 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .350 and he holds a career OPS of .785.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 7 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .989 (4th in the league). The Eagles have 63 assists, 3 errors and have a tally of 213 putouts so far this year. In their 11 tries at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 8 times and been caught 3 times (27.3% caught stealing rate).

The Hanwha pitching staff have given up 29 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.17 (25 earned runs conceded). They have allowed 5 long balls and they allow 3.68 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball). The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.254 in addition to having a FIP of 3.68 as a team on the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.10 (62 strikeouts against 20 bases on balls). They come in at 4th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 69.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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