SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 6/7/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, June 7, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Dong Hee Yoon and the Lotte Giants (24-32, 9th in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (30-29, 5th in KBO) on Friday, June 7, 2024.

SSG is slugging .400 and have struck out 455 times, while drawing a walk on 208 occasions. They have earned 289 runs batted in as well as 556 hits for the year, while their average at the plate is sitting at .267. The Landers have accounted for 86 doubles as a team and have hit 59 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 302 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .343. As a unit, the SSG Landers are scoring 5.0 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 7th in baseball.

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Ji Hoon Choi is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for SSG. In his pro baseball career, Choi has hit 20 baseballs out of the park while driving in 182 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he approached the plate 2,001 times and has delivered with a hit 487 times. Choi has hit .279 for his time in baseball, with 216 scored runs and an OPS of .723. He has earned a slugging percentage of .364 in addition to earning 635 bases. He has struck out 281 times and earned a walk on 215 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .359 OBP.

The SSG Landers have earned a total of 1,593 putouts on the campaign, as well as 546 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .978 which ranks 9th in Korean baseball and they have turned 48 double plays. The Landers have stolen 57 bases and have been gunned down 21 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 26.9%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.92 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.51. Landers pitchers have surrendered 67 long balls and 340 runs (2nd in the league). SSG has surrendered 539 base knocks (9.1 per 9 innings) and 308 earned runs. The Landers have a team earned run average of 5.22 on the campaign (9th in the league), and the staff has rung up 506 hitters.

The Giants hold a slugging percentage of .407 and they score 4.88 runs per outing (9th in baseball). They have 104 doubles, while taking a walk 177 times as well as earning 283 runs. Lotte has hit 44 home runs for the year as well as 265 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 453 occasions (6th in KBO) and have notched a total of 559 base hits. The Lotte Giants have accumulated an on-base percentage of .339 in addition to a batting average of .274 for the year.

Dong Hee Yoon is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Yoon has recorded a walk 567 times while going down on strikes on 1,028 chances. His OBP comes in at .364 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .830. In the 6,198 at-bats in his pro career, Yoon has an average at the plate of .300 with 1,862 hits. He has amassed 1,016 runs and also has 919 RBIs. He has gone deep 203 times, with 2,890 total bases and also a .466 slugging %.

Of their 64 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 42 times and been caught 22 times (34.4% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 57 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in the league). The Giants have accrued 599 assists, 47 errors and have accumulated 1,534 putouts on the season.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.518 in addition to having a FIP of 5.35 as a unit this year. They are currently ranked 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 571. The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 304 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.95 (281 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.10 (430 strikeouts against 205 free passes). They have allowed 54 homers and they concede 5.35 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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