Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/10/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (4-8, 8th in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (4-8, 9th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.

Samsung has a slugging % of .330 and have been called out on strikes 101 times, while taking a walk on 61 occasions. They have earned 55 RBI's in addition to 103 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate sits at .226. The Lions have recorded 21 two-baggers as a team and have hit 8 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 56 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .327. As a team, the Samsung Lions are scoring 4.3 runs per game, which puts them at 9th in KBO.

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David MacKinnon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For his professional baseball career, MacKinnon has hit 60 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 413 runs. For his career, he came to bat 3,489 times and has delivered a base knock 900 times. MacKinnon is sitting with a batting avereage of .303 for his career, with 474 runs scored and an OPS of .824. His slugging percentage sits at .429 in addition to racking up 1,276 bases. He has struck out 527 times and has walked on 424 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .395 OBP.

The Samsung Lions have 362 putouts on the year, as well as 139 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .986 which ranks 3rd in KBO and have a total of 16 double plays. The Lions have stolen 16 bases and have been caught 6 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 27.3%.

The Lions have an earned run average of 6.14 over the course of the season (9th in the league), and the staff has rung up 80 batters. Samsung has given up 147 base knocks (11.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 82 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.57 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.65. Lions pitchers have relinquished 16 long balls and 83 runs in total (3rd in baseball).

Lotte is sitting with 6 home runs this year as well as 44 runs batted in. They have notched 17 doubles, while taking a walk 38 times and putting up 46 runs. The Lotte Giants have tallied an on-base percentage of .321 and a team batting average of .252 for the year. The Giants hold a team slugging percentage of .343 and they have an average of 3.83 runs per contest (10th in baseball). They have struck out on 114 occasions (4th in the league) and have totaled 108 base hits.

Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Jeon has tallied a walk 557 times while fanning on 1,009 chances. He has accounted for 999 runs and has 892 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .364 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .829. He has hit it out of the park 197 times, with 2,829 total bases and a .465 slugging %. Over the course of the 6,088 at-bats in his professional career, Jeon has a batting average of .300 with 1,829 base hits.

The Lotte Giants have turned 10 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .971 (8th in KBO). The Giants have accrued 120 assists, 13 errors and have notched a total of 318 putouts so far this year. In their 18 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 10 times and been caught 8 times (44.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.481 in addition to having a FIP of 4.75 as a squad on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.94 (103 strikeouts against 53 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 104. They have given up 10 homers and they relinquish 4.75 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO). The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 56 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.99 (47 earned runs yielded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Samsung

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