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

Game: Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Thursday, April 4, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the site where Yonathan Perlaza and the Hanwha Eagles (7-2, 1st in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (2-6, 8th in KBO) on Thursday, April 4, 2024.

Lotte has a slugging rate of .327 and have struck out 81 times, while drawing a walk on 27 occasions. They have 22 RBI's as well as 70 base knocks on the season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .247. The Giants have compiled 9 doubles as a squad and have hit 4 balls out of the park. They have 23 runs while having a team OBP of .320. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are knocking in 2.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in baseball.

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Victor Reyes is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Reyes has hit .289 in his time in baseball, in addition to 631 scored runs and an OPS of .738. He has struck out 891 times and has been walked on 302 occasions, contributing to a .334 on-base percentage. For his career, Reyes has drilled 68 balls out of the park while driving in 559 runs. His career slugging percentage is .403 and he has a total of 1,828 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to the plate 4,931 times and has reached base with a base hit 1,311 times.

The Lotte Giants are sitting with 210 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 81 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .967 which puts them in 9th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 6 double plays. The Giants have stolen 7 bags and have been gunned down 7 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 50.0%.

The Giants have compiled a team earned run average of 4.11 this season (6th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 70 hitters. Lotte has given up 69 base knocks (8.9 per 9 innings) and 32 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.79 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.54. Giants pitchers have allowed 6 long balls and also 39 total runs (6th in baseball).

The Hanwha Eagles have recorded an on-base percentage of .370 and a team batting average of .277 for the year. They have been called out on strikes on 68 occasions (7th in KBO) and have recorded 82 hits. Hanwha has 9 HRs this year to go along with 53 RBIs. The Eagles hold a slugging percentage of .466 and they have an average of 6.00 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). The have tallied 21 two-baggers, while getting a free base 41 times and earning 54 runs.

Yonathan Perlaza is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Perlaza has tallied a free base 263 times while going down on strikes on 547 plate appearances. He has scored 367 runs in addition to having 317 RBIs. His on-base % is .353 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .809. He has hit the long ball 71 times, as well as 990 bases in total and a .456 slugging %. For the 2,172 at-bats in his career, Perlaza has accumulated a batting average of .273 in addition to having 594 hits.

Of their 14 chances at swiping a bag, they have made it 10 times and been caught 4 times (28.6% caught stealing rate). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 7 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .987 (4th in KBO). The Eagles have recorded 71 assists, 4 errors and have earned a total of 240 putouts this year.

The Eagles have a WHIP of 1.238 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.38 as a unit on the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.35 (77 strikeouts against 23 free passes). They are currently ranked 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 76. They have conceded 5 HR's and they relinquish 3.38 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 30 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 2.93 (26 earned runs given up).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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