Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 4/12/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Friday, April 12, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Whee Jip Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (7-6, 4th in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (4-10, 9th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Friday, April 12, 2024.

As a squad, the Lotte Giants are scoring 3.9 runs per game, which has them at 10th in the league. They have a total of 54 runs and have an OBP of .319. The Giants have hit 18 doubles as a squad and have hit 7 balls out of the park. They have 52 RBI's and 126 hits this year, while their batting average is sitting at .252. Lotte is slugging .345 and have been rung up 130 times, while drawing a walk on 42 occasions.

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Victor Reyes is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his career, Reyes has hit 70 balls over the fence while knocking in 567 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .404 and he has a total of 1,844 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped into the batters box 4,962 times and has notched a base knock 1,321 times. He has struck out 895 times and has taken a walk on 307 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .335 OBP. Reyes has a batting average of .289 in his time in baseball, with 638 runs scored and an OPS of .739.

The Giants have swiped 13 bases and have been thrown out 9 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 40.9%. The Lotte Giants have earned a total of 375 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 138 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .975 which puts them in 8th in the league and have 13 double plays.

The Giants have a team earned run average of 4.68 on the campaign (5th in the league), and they have struck out 122 hitters. Giants pitchers have yielded 14 home runs and 74 runs in total (6th in KBO). Lotte has relinquished 137 hits (9.9 per 9 innings) and 65 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.97 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.59.

The Kiwoom Heroes have a team OBP of .334 in addition to a batting average of .265 so far this year. They have been rung up on 104 occasions (9th in KBO) and have a total of 119 base hits. Kiwoom has knocked in 17 home runs this year as well as 74 RBIs. The Heroes have a team slugging % of .437 and they score 5.92 runs per game (3rd in KBO). The have tallied 20 doubles, while getting a free base 41 times and putting up 77 runs.

Whee Jip Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. For the 822 at-bats in his career, Kim has a batting average of .224 and has racked up 184 base hits. He has gone deep 18 times, with 277 total bases and a .337 slugging percentage. Kim has drawn a free base 103 times while going down on strikes on 250 tries. He has recorded 102 runs and notched 106 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .322 and he has earned a career OPS of .659.

In their 15 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 11 times and been caught 4 times (26.7% caught stealing percentage). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 14 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .985 (3rd in KBO). The Heroes have 126 assists, 7 errors and have notched a total of 342 putouts for the year.

The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.509 with a FIP of 5.45 as a unit on the year. They sit at 9th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 115. The Kiwoom pitching staff have allowed 69 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 5.05 (64 earned runs yielded). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.46 (83 strikeouts vs 57 free passes). They have allowed 17 dingers and they allow 5.45 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom and under the total runs

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