Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 3/24/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers

Date: Sunday, March 24, 2024

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Guillermo Heredia and the SSG Landers (76-65, 3rd in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (68-76, 7th in KBO) at Incheon SSG Landers Field on Sunday, March 24, 2024.

Lotte had a slugging % of .362 and struck out 1,000 times, while drawing a walk on 522 occasions. They compiled 608 RBI's in addition to 1,289 hits in the previous season, while their batting average was at .265. The Giants tallied 231 doubles as a unit and smacked 69 baseballs out of the park. They tallied 653 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .339. As a team, the Lotte Giants recorded 4.5 runs/g, which ranked them 6th in the league.

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Min Suk Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Kim has hit .252 for his baseball career, in addition to 64 scored runs and an OPS of .646. He has been struck out 129 times and has walked on 36 occasions, which contributes in part to a .311 on-base %. For his career, Kim has drilled 4 baseballs out of the park while driving in 40 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .335 and he has racked up 157 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped into the batters box 527 times and also came through with a base knock 118 times.

The Lotte Giants finished with 3,817 putouts over the course of last year, in addition to 1,365 assists and 103 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .981 which had them ranked 4th in KBO and they twisted 111 double plays. The Giants swiped 91 bags and were thrown out 46 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage came in at 33.6%.

The Giants held a team ERA of 4.15 over the course of last year (6th in the league), and their staff struck out 1,070 hitters. Lotte allowed 1,328 base knocks (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 586 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio was 2.01 and their pitching staff held a collective WHIP of 1.46. They walked 532 players from the other team and their FIP finished at 4.67 as a squad for the previous season.

The SSG Landers are sitting with an OBP of .336 in addition to a batting average of .260 during the previous year. They struck out on 943 instances (9th in the league) and totaled 1,278 base knocks. SSG tallied 125 home runs during the previous year in addition to 610 runs batted in. The Landers held a slugging percentage of .389 and they averaged 4.57 runs per outing (5th in the league). They recorded 229 doubles, while taking a walk 507 times as well as notching 658 runs.

Guillermo Heredia is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Heredia has recorded a walk 130 times while striking out on 313 plate appearances. He has scored 179 runs and has 114 runs batted in. His OBP is .310 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .656. He has hit a home run 27 times, with 480 bases in total and a .346 slugging percentage. In the 1,388 at-bats in his pro career, Heredia has an average at the plate of .231 in addition to having 320 hits.

The SSG Landers turned 163 double plays and held a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in KBO). The Landers had 1,503 assists, 119 errors and earned 3,865 putouts during the previous year. Out of their 183 chances at swiping a bag, they had success 127 times and were caught 56 times (30.6% caught stealing rate).

The Landers held a team WHIP of 1.526 and had a FIP of 4.88 as a team last year. They ranked 2nd in KBO as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,354. The SSG pitching staff yielded 698 runs last year while having an ERA of 4.37 (626 earned runs relinquished). They earned a K/BB ratio of 1.59 (974 strikeouts against 612 walks). They allowed 104 HR's and they allowed 4.88 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte

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