Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 4/20/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Saturday, April 20, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the site where Hyun Bin Moon and the Hanwha Eagles (10-11, 7th in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (11-10, 5th in KBO) on Saturday, April 20, 2024.

Samsung has a slugging rate of .419 and have been rung up 180 times, while drawing a walk on 93 occasions. They have accrued 115 RBI's as well as 208 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate is at .268. The Lions have tallied 38 two-baggers as a team and have hit 25 balls out of the stadium. They have racked up 117 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .357. As a team, the Samsung Lions are earning 5.3 runs per game, which puts them at 5th in KBO.

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David MacKinnon is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. In his career, MacKinnon has hit 62 balls out of the park while driving in 419 runs. His career slugging percentage is .431 in addition to earning 1,296 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to bat 3,530 times and has delivered a base hit 912 times. He has fanned 532 times and has been walked on 430 occasions, contributing to a .395 on-base percentage. MacKinnon has accumulated a batting average of .303 for his career in baseball, with 479 scored runs and an OPS of .826.

The Samsung Lions have amassed 608 putouts thus far, in addition to 210 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which has them sitting 1st in the league and they have turned 21 double plays. The Lions have stolen 25 bags and have been thrown out 9 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 26.5%.

The Lions have compiled a team earned run average of 5.07 on the season (7th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 149 batters. Samsung has conceded 221 base hits (9.8 per 9 innings) in addition to 114 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.86 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.49. Lions pitchers have relinquished 26 home runs and 117 total runs (4th in the league).

The Eagles hold a team slugging percentage of .398 and they are scoring 5.29 runs per contest (6th in baseball). They have recorded 41 doubles, while taking a walk 89 times as well as scoring 111 runs. Hanwha is sitting with 15 HRs so far this season to go along with 107 runs batted in. They have struck out on 159 occasions (7th in baseball) and have a total of 186 hits. The Hanwha Eagles have compiled an on-base percentage of .352 in addition to a batting average of .261 on the year.

Hyun Bin Moon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Moon has drawn a walk 44 times while fanning on 103 attempts. His OBP comes in at .326 and he has earned a career OPS of .684. For the 500 at-bats in his career, Moon has accrued an average at the plate of .262 in addition to having 131 base hits. He has a total of 59 runs and racked up 61 runs batted in. He has gone yard 6 times, with 179 total bases and a .358 slugging percentage.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 22 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .983 (4th in Korean baseball). The Eagles have recorded 182 assists, 13 errors and have earned a total of 552 putouts on the season. Out of their 30 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 23 times and been caught 7 times (23.3% caught stealing rate).

The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.397 with a FIP of 4.94 as a squad on the campaign. They are sitting at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 177. The Hanwha pitching staff have allowed 101 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.40 (90 earned runs relinquished). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.10 (168 strikeouts against 80 bases on balls). They have yielded 21 dingers and they surrender 4.94 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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