Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 3/27/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: TVING

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (68-76, 7th in KBO last year) are headed to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, where they'll take on the Kia Tigers (73-69, 6th in KBO last season).

The Giants recorded 231 doubles as a team and knocked 69 baseballs out of the park. Lotte had a slugging percentage of .362 and were rung up 1,000 times, while being walked on 522 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants notched 4.5 runs per game, which was 6th in the league. They had 608 runs batted in and 1,289 base knocks last year, while their batting average sat at .265. They had a total of 653 runs scored while having a team OBP of .339.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For his professional baseball career, Jeon has drilled 196 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 889 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped into the batters box 6,785 times and has reached base with a hit 1,814 times. Jeon has a batting average of .300 in his time in baseball, with 996 runs scored and an OPS of .828. He has earned a slugging percentage of .464 and he has accumulated 2,808 bases. He has struck out 1,005 times and has walked on 554 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .364 OBP.

The Lotte Giants amassed 3,817 putouts last season, in addition to 1,365 assists and 103 errors. Their fielding rate finished at .981 which had them sitting 4th in Korean baseball and had a total of 111 double plays. The Giants swiped 91 bases and were thrown out 46 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate was 33.6%.

They accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.01 and the pitching staff earned a collective WHIP of 1.46. They walked 532 opposing batters and their FIP was 4.67 as a unit over the course of last year. Lotte gave up 1,328 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 586 earned runs. The Giants compiled a team ERA of 4.15 over the course of the prior season (6th in KBO), and the staff struck out 1,070 batters.

The Tigers had a SLG% of .390 and they tallied 5.04 runs per game (2nd in KBO). They put up 224 doubles, while taking a walk 500 times as well as scoring 726 runs. Kia accounted for 101 long balls during the previous year as well as 673 runs batted in. They struck out on 957 instances (7th in the league) and recorded 1,365 base hits. The Kia Tigers earned an on-base percentage of .345 in addition to a team batting average of .276 in the previous season.

Chan-Ho Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Over the course of the 2,553 official at-bats in his career, Park has recorded a batting average of .253 with 647 hits. He has gone yard 13 times, with 807 total bases and also a .316 slugging percentage. Park has drawn a free base 226 times while striking out on 422 chances. He has compiled 355 runs in addition to having earned 250 runs batted in. His on-base % is .314 and he has earned a career OPS of .630.

Of their 133 chances at getting a steal, they made it 98 times and were caught 35 times (26.3% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers turned 137 double plays and held a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in the league). The Tigers had 1,356 assists, 102 errors and had a total of 3,807 putouts last year.

The Tigers finished with a team WHIP of 1.425 in addition to having a FIP of 4.61 as a pitching staff last year. They finished at 9th in KBO as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,244. The Kia pitching staff surrendered 650 runs over the course of last season and come in with a team ERA of 4.13 (583 earned runs allowed). They earned a K/BB ratio of 1.74 (980 strikeouts against 564 bases on balls). They gave up 89 home runs and they yielded 4.61 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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