Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 3/23/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers

Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Seong Han Park and the SSG Landers (76-65, 3rd in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (68-76, 7th in KBO) at Incheon SSG Landers Field on Saturday, March 23, 2024.

As a unit, the Lotte Giants put up 4.5 runs per game, which had them sitting at 6th in baseball. They had 653 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .339. The Giants accrued 231 two-baggers as a squad and knocked 69 balls out of the stadium. They accounted for 608 runs batted in in addition to 1,289 hits last year, and their average at the plate sat at .265. Lotte was slugging .362 and were called out on strikes 1,000 times, while drawing a walk on 522 occasions.

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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 hit 196 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 888 runs. In his time in the Majors, he approached the plate 6,775 times and has notched a base hit 1,812 times. Jeon is sitting with a batting avereage of .300 in his time in baseball, with 996 runs scored and an OPS of .829. His slugging percentage is .465 and he has accumulated 2,806 bases. He has struck out 1,002 times and has gotten a free base on 553 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .364 on-base %.

The Giants swiped 91 bases and were thrown out 46 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage came in at 33.6%. The Lotte Giants had a total of 3,817 putouts in the prior season, as well as 1,365 assists and 103 errors. Their fielding percentage held at .981 which put them in 4th in the league and had a total of 111 double plays.

The Giants had an ERA of 4.15 last year (6th in baseball), and they rung up 1,070 hitters. They walked 532 hitters and their FIP finished at 4.67 as a squad last year. Lotte gave up 1,328 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) as well as 586 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio was 2.01 and the pitching staff had a team WHIP of 1.46.

SSG was sitting with 125 HRs last season to go along with 610 RBIs. They hit 229 doubles, while taking a walk 507 times and earning 658 runs. The SSG Landers accounted for an OBP of .336 as well as a batting average of .260 during the previous year. The Landers had a SLG% of .389 and they were recording 4.57 runs per contest (5th in the league). They struck out on 943 occasions (9th in the league) and earned 1,278 base knocks.

Seong Han Park is a batter who can be a difference maker for SSG. Park has earned a walk 185 times while being called out on strikes on 249 occasions. He has scored 184 runs in addition to having 157 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .358 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .722. He has hit it out of the park 17 times, as well as 551 total bases and also a .364 slugging percentage. In the 1,515 at-bats in his career, Park has an average at the plate of .279 with 423 base knocks.

The SSG Landers turned 163 double plays and accounted for a fielding rate of .978 (8th in KBO). The Landers recorded 1,503 assists, 119 errors and amassed 3,865 putouts last year. Of their 183 chances at swiping a bag, they made it 127 times and were caught 56 times (30.6% caught stealing rate).

The Landers had a team WHIP of 1.526 and had a FIP of 4.88 as a staff in the previous season. Their K/BB ratio sat at 1.59 (974 strikeouts against 612 bases on balls). They finished at 2nd in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,354. They surrendered 104 homers and they conceded 4.88 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The SSG pitching staff conceded 698 runs over the course of the prior season while having an ERA of 4.37 (626 earned runs relinquished).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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