Doosan Bears vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 8/11/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Friday, August 11, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the site where Eun Seong Chae and the Hanwha Eagles (38-49, 8th in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (47-44, 5th in KBO) on Friday, August 11, 2023.

Doosan has a slugging percentage of .370 and have been rung up 616 times, while drawing a walk on 319 occasions. They have accrued 349 runs batted in as well as 791 hits so far this season, while their team batting average is at .254. The Bears have tallied 133 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 63 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 382 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .331. As a squad, the Doosan Bears are scoring 4.2 runs/g, which has them at 8th in baseball.

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Suk Hwan Yang is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. Yang has hit .263 for his career in baseball, with 356 runs scored and an OPS of .756. He has gone down on strikes 645 times and has been walked on 194 occasions, contributing to a .315 OBP. In his career, Yang has drilled 117 balls out of the park while driving in 462 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .441 and he has totaled 1,249 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 3,108 times and has delivered a hit 746 times.

The Doosan Bears have accounted for 2,464 putouts this season, in addition to 813 assists and 69 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .979 which has them sitting 8th in KBO and have a total of 70 double plays. The Bears have swiped 35 bags and have been gunned down 29 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 45.3%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.08 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.36. Bears pitchers have surrendered 55 long balls in addition to 411 runs in total (6th in baseball). Doosan has allowed 800 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 366 earned runs. The Bears hold a team earned run average of 4.01 this season (4th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 666 hitters.

Hanwha has tallied 63 HRs on the year in addition to 356 RBIs. They have 135 doubles, while taking a walk 361 times as well as earning 381 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have accumulated an on-base percentage of .325 and a team batting average of .239 on the year. The Eagles hold a team slugging percentage of .346 and they are recording 4.14 runs per game (9th in KBO). They have struck out on 769 occasions (1st in KBO) and have 752 base hits.

Eun Seong Chae is a batter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Chae has earned a walk 271 times while being called out on strikes on 687 chances. His on-base rate is .357 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .800. During the 3,678 at-bats in his career, Chae has earned a batting average of .296 with 1,088 base hits. He is sitting with 487 runs in addition to having earned 648 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 108 times, with 1,629 bases in total and a .443 slugging percentage.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 78 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (4th in KBO). The Eagles have recorded 896 assists, 65 errors and have amassed 2,504 putouts for the season. Of their 92 chances at swiping a bag, they have made it 55 times and been caught 37 times (40.2% caught stealing rate).

The Eagles have a WHIP of 1.369 and have a FIP of 4.45 as a staff so far this season. They are currently ranked 8th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 793. The Hanwha pitching staff have allowed 413 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 4.07 (377 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.99 (695 strikeouts vs 349 free passes). They have given up 58 dingers and they relinquish 4.45 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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