Lotte Giants vs LG Twins Prediction, 4/16/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs LG Twins

Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Austin Dean and the LG Twins (9-10, 6th in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (4-14, 10th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.

As a team, the Lotte Giants are scoring 3.6 runs per game, which is 10th in KBO. They have accumulated 64 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .314. The Giants have earned 22 doubles as a unit and have smacked 7 balls out of the park. They have 60 runs batted in in addition to 154 base knocks so far this season, and their batting average is .243. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .324 and have been called out on strikes 155 times, while taking a walk on 56 occasions.

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Victor Reyes is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For his career, Reyes has drilled 70 balls out of the park while driving in 567 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped into the batters box 4,979 times and has reached base with a base hit 1,328 times. Reyes has hit .290 for his career, in addition to 640 scored runs and an OPS of .740. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .404 and he has a total of 1,852 bases. He has gone down on strikes 895 times and has taken a walk on 307 at-bats, contributing to a .336 on-base percentage.

The Lotte Giants have notched a total of 474 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 176 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .977 which has them sitting 7th in the league and have earned 15 double plays. The Giants have stolen 15 bags and have been caught 10 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 40.0%.

The Giants hold a team earned run average of 5.24 on the campaign (8th in the league), and their staff has rung up 144 batters. Giants pitchers have given up 19 long balls and 102 total runs (4th in KBO). Lotte has conceded 187 base hits (10.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 92 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.92 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.66.

The Twins hold a team slugging % of .399 and they are earning 5.70 runs per game (4th in baseball). They have recorded 28 two-baggers, while getting a free base 96 times and scoring 114 runs. LG has hit 14 home runs for the year to go along with 106 runs batted in. They have struck out on 136 occasions (8th in the league) and have earned a total of 211 hits. The LG Twins have compiled a team on-base percentage of .382 as well as a batting average of .296 on the season.

Austin Dean is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for LG. During the 4,130 at-bats in his baseball career, Dean has compiled an average at the plate of .284 with 1,172 base hits. He has homered 123 times, as well as 1,852 bases in total and a .448 slugging percentage. Dean has tallied a free base 390 times while striking out on 800 occasions. He has tallied 619 runs in addition to having earned 602 RBIs. His OBP sits at .348 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .796.

Of their 22 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 17 times and been caught 5 times (22.7% caught stealing rate). The LG Twins have turned 16 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (6th in the league). The Twins have accrued 178 assists, 13 errors and have notched a total of 537 putouts this season.

The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.520 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.03 as a squad over the course of the season. They sit at 3rd in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 188. The LG pitching staff have given up 100 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.47 (89 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio is 1.92 (161 strikeouts vs 84 walks). They have surrendered 13 homers and they allow 5.03 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte

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