Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 3/28/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: TVING

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (2-0, 1st in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (0-3, 10th in KBO) on Thursday, March 28, 2024.

The Giants have accrued 3 doubles as a squad and have hit 2 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging rate of .321 and have been called out on strikes 28 times, while taking a walk on 14 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are recording 3.3 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 10th in KBO. They have earned 10 RBI's in addition to 25 base knocks for the year, and their batting average is .236. They have accounted for 10 runs scored while having a team OBP of .336.

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Min Suk Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. For his pro baseball career, Kim has hit 4 baseballs over the fence while driving in 40 runs. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 527 times and has come through with a base hit 118 times. Kim is sitting with a batting avereage of .252 for his time in baseball, with 64 scored runs and an OPS of .646. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .335 and he has a total of 157 bases. He has struck out 129 times and has walked on 36 at-bats, which has contributed to a .311 OBP.

The Giants have stolen 3 bases and have been thrown out 3 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 50.0%. The Lotte Giants have amassed 72 putouts this season, in addition to 26 assists and 2 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .980 which has them sitting 7th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 2 double plays.

The Giants are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.25 on the season (8th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 22 batters. Lotte has surrendered 24 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and 14 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.69 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.54. Giants pitchers have surrendered 5 long balls and 14 runs in total (6th in KBO).

Kia has compiled 2 home runs on the campaign as well as 9 runs batted in. They have 5 two-baggers, while taking a walk 8 times and putting up 9 runs. The Kia Tigers have accounted for a team OBP of .370 and a team batting average of .292 so far this year. The Tigers have a team SLG% of .462 and they tally 4.50 runs per contest (8th in baseball). They have struck out on 8 occasions (10th in the league) and are sitting with 19 hits.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. Choi has tallied a walk 1,080 times while striking out on 1,319 chances. He has accumulated 1,226 runs and also has 1,545 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .402 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .935. He has homered 374 times, in addition to having 3,974 bases in total and a .533 slugging percentage. During the 7,459 at-bats in his baseball career, Choi has recorded a batting average of .312 in addition to having 2,326 base knocks.

Out of their 2 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 2 times and been caught 0 times (0.0% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 0 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (4th in KBO). The Tigers have recorded 15 assists, 1 error and have accumulated 54 putouts so far this year.

The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 6 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 2.50 (5 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 1 home run and they concede 3.00 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.111 with a FIP of 3.00 as a team on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.29 (16 strikeouts against 7 free passes). They sit at 10th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 13.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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