Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/23/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, April 23, 2022

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Min-ho Kang and the Samsung Lions (6-9, 7th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (7-7, 6th in KBO) on Saturday, April 23, 2022.

Lotte has a slugging % of .340 and have struck out 101 times, while being walked on 43 occasions. They have compiled 46 RBI's and 124 base knocks on the campaign, while their average at the plate is at .259. The Giants have accumulated 17 two-baggers as a team and have hit 6 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 48 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .321. As a team, the Lotte Giants are notching 3.4 runs/g, which is 9th in the league.

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Hoon Jung is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Jung has recorded a batting average of .277 in his time in baseball, in addition to 520 scored runs and an OPS of .756. He has fanned 703 times and has taken a walk on 385 occasions, contributing to a .363 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Jung has slapped 60 balls out of the park while driving in 415 runs. His slugging percentage is .393 and he has racked up 1,296 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to the plate 3,835 times and has reached base with a base hit 914 times.

The Lotte Giants have a total of 379 putouts for the season, as well as 130 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .975 which has them ranked 5th in KBO and have a total of 12 double plays. The Giants have swiped 7 bags and have been caught 4 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 36.4%.

The Giants are sitting with a team ERA of 3.21 so far this year (5th in the league), and the staff has rung up 132 hitters. Lotte has surrendered 118 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and also 45 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.93 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.29. Giants pitchers have allowed 5 home runs in addition to 56 runs (6th in KBO).

The Samsung Lions have earned an on-base percentage of .304 and a batting average of .235 on the season. They have struck out on 85 occasions (10th in KBO) and have earned 118 base hits. Samsung is sitting with 8 HRs so far this year and 63 runs batted in. The Lions hold a slugging percentage of .330 and they score 4.47 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They hit 24 doubles, while taking a walk 45 times as well as scoring 67 runs.

Min-ho Kang is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. For the 6,430 at-bats in his pro career, Kang has compiled an average at the plate of .276 with 1,773 base hits. He has hit a home run 291 times, as well as 2,983 total bases and also a .464 slugging %. Kang has tallied a walk 683 times while fanning on 1,357 chances. He has scored 828 runs and notched 1,033 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .355 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .819.

The Samsung Lions have twisted 13 double plays and have a fielding rate of .975 (6th in the league). The Lions have racked up 152 assists, 14 errors and have earned 387 putouts this year. Out of their 9 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 5 times and been caught 4 times (44.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.318 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.47 as a staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.85 (87 strikeouts against 47 free passes). They are currently ranked 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 123. They have surrendered 9 long balls and they yield 4.47 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 64 runs this season while holding an ERA of 3.91 (56 earned runs conceded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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