Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 3/26/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the venue where Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (73-69, 6th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (68-76, 7th in KBO) on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

The Giants accrued 231 doubles as a team and hit 69 balls out of the park. Lotte had a slugging percentage of .362 and were called out on strikes 1,000 times, while getting the free base on 522 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants put up 4.5 runs per game, which was 6th in baseball. They amassed 608 runs batted in and 1,289 hits last season, and their average at the plate finished at .265. They were sitting with 653 runs while holding a team OBP of .339.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. In his career, Jeon has drilled 196 baseballs over the fence while driving in 889 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .464 in addition to racking up 2,808 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped into the batters box 6,785 times and has reached base with a base hit 1,814 times. He has struck out 1,005 times and has walked on 554 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .364 on-base percentage. Jeon has compiled an average at the plate of .300 for his baseball career, with 996 scored runs and an OPS of .828.

The Giants swiped 91 bases and were thrown out 46 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage was 33.6%. The Lotte Giants earned 3,817 putouts over the course of last season, as well as 1,365 assists and 103 errors. Their fielding percentage finished at .981 which was 4th in Korean baseball and had a total of 111 double plays.

The Giants compiled a team earned run average of 4.15 in the prior season (6th in the league), and the staff rung up 1,070 hitters. Lotte surrendered 1,328 base knocks (9.4 per 9 innings) and also 586 earned runs. They accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.01 and their pitching staff had a team WHIP of 1.46. Their pitching staff walked 532 players from the other team and their FIP was 4.67 as a team over the course of the prior season.

The Kia Tigers recorded an OBP of .345 in addition to a batting average of .276 last season. They were rung up on 957 occasions (7th in baseball) and had 1,365 base knocks. Kia had 101 home runs over the course of last season to go along with 673 RBIs. The Tigers had a team slugging percentage of .390 and they were scoring 5.04 runs per contest (2nd in KBO). The tallied 224 doubles, while walking 500 times and putting up 726 runs.

Socrates Brito is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Brito has drawn a walk 459 times while going down on strikes on 1,272 chances. He has accrued 902 runs in addition to having 783 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .333 and he holds a career OPS of .766. He has gone yard 136 times, with 2,596 bases in total and also a .433 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 5,989 official at-bats in his career, Brito has recorded a batting average of .282 in addition to 1,688 base knocks.

The Kia Tigers twisted 137 double plays and held a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in KBO). The Tigers racked up 1,356 assists, 102 errors and had a total of 3,807 putouts during the previous year. Out of their 133 chances at swiping a bag, they made it 98 times and were caught 35 times (26.3% caught stealing rate).

The Tigers finished with a team WHIP of 1.425 in addition to having a FIP of 4.61 as a squad during the previous year. They had a K/BB ratio of 1.74 (980 strikeouts against 564 walks). They ranked 9th in KBO as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,244. They surrendered 89 homers and they surrendered 4.61 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Kia pitching staff conceded 650 runs last year while having a team ERA of 4.13 (583 earned runs relinquished).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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