Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 5/30/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Thursday, May 30, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (20-29, 10th in KBO) head to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Thursday, May 30, 2024, where they'll meet the Hanwha Eagles (22-29, 8th in KBO).

The Giants have hit 92 doubles as a squad and have hit 39 balls out of the park. Lotte has a slugging % of .408 and have been rung up 400 times, while taking a walk on 152 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are knocking in 4.7 runs per game, which ranks them 9th in the league. They have amassed 223 RBI's as well as 492 base knocks this season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .274. They have earned a total of 240 runs and hold an OBP of .337.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. In his career, Jeon has hit 203 balls over the fence while knocking in 919 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .466 and he has accumulated 2,890 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to the plate 6,951 times and also came through with a hit 1,862 times. He has been struck out 1,028 times and has taken a walk on 567 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .364 on-base percentage. Jeon is sitting with a batting avereage of .300 for his career in baseball, with 1,016 runs scored and an OPS of .830.

The Lotte Giants are sitting with 1,351 putouts this season, as well as 522 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .979 which ranks 6th in the league and have 48 double plays. The Giants have swiped 41 bases and have been gunned down 22 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 34.9%.

The Giants have compiled a team earned run average of 4.98 on the campaign (7th in the league), and their staff has struck out 382 batters. Lotte has conceded 508 base hits (10.2 per 9 innings) and 249 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.03 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.55. Giants pitchers have surrendered 47 long balls in addition to 270 runs (7th in the league).

Hanwha has a total of 48 home runs on the season to go along with 257 RBIs. They have hit 84 doubles, while getting a free base 206 times as well as racking up 270 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have a team on-base percentage of .347 as well as a batting average of .263 on the campaign. The Eagles have a team SLG% of .399 and they have an average of 5.19 runs per contest (6th in KBO). They have been rung up on 406 occasions (5th in baseball) and have earned a total of 473 hits.

Chi Hong An is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. Over the course of the 5,873 at-bats in his career, Ahn has hit .296 with 1,738 base hits. He has hit the long ball 145 times, with 2,556 total bases and also a .435 slugging percentage. Ahn has tallied a free base 573 times while striking out on 883 chances. He has compiled 861 runs and racked up 868 runs batted in. His on-base % is .362 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .797.

Of their 71 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 55 times and been caught 16 times (22.5% caught stealing rate). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 50 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .981 (4th in Korean baseball). The Eagles have accrued 499 assists, 37 errors and have accounted for 1,374 putouts on the season.

The Hanwha pitching staff have relinquished 299 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 5.46 (278 earned runs given up). They have conceded 44 homers and they allow 5.88 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.581 and have a FIP of 5.88 as a pitching staff on the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.93 (397 strikeouts against 206 walks). They sit at 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 518.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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