Doosan Bears vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 8/3/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Thursday, August 3, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Ui-ji Yang and the Doosan Bears (44-41, 3rd in KBO) head to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Thursday, August 3, 2023, where they'll take on the Hanwha Eagles (37-45, 8th in KBO).

Doosan has a slugging % of .370 and have been called out on strikes 574 times, while being walked on 302 occasions. They have 327 RBI's and 735 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average is sitting at .254. The Bears have tallied 123 doubles as a squad and have hit 60 balls out of the park. They have tallied 357 runs and hold an OBP of .331. As a team, the Doosan Bears are earning 4.2 runs per outing, which ranks them 9th in the league.

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Ui-ji Yang is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. In his pro baseball career, Yang has drilled 236 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 984 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he approached the plate 6,197 times and came through with a base hit 1,634 times. Yang has hit .308 for his baseball career, in addition to 796 runs scored and an OPS of .893. His slugging percentage is .502 and he has totaled 2,665 bases. He has fanned 681 times and has gotten a free base on 614 occasions, contributing to a .391 OBP.

The Bears have swiped 32 bases and have been thrown out 29 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 47.5%. The Doosan Bears have 2,296 putouts thus far, in addition to 765 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which has them sitting 8th in KBO and have accumulated 66 double plays.

The Bears have an ERA of 4.08 over the course of the season (7th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 608 batters. Bears pitchers have conceded 50 long balls and 391 runs in total (5th in KBO). Doosan has conceded 761 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and also 347 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.03 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.39.

Hanwha has hit 57 long balls on the season and 339 RBIs. They have recorded 125 two-baggers, while taking a walk 340 times as well as putting up 362 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have recorded a team OBP of .328 and a team batting average of .241 this season. The Eagles have a team slugging % of .345 and they are scoring 4.21 runs per outing (8th in baseball). They have been rung up on 708 occasions (2nd in the league) and have 707 hits.

Si Hwan Roh is a hitter who should impact this game for Hanwha. Over the course of the 1,678 at-bats in his professional career, Noh has hit .262 in addition to 440 base hits. He has homered 58 times, in addition to having 710 total bases and also a .423 slugging percentage. Noh has earned a walk 212 times while striking out on 461 chances. He has accumulated 231 runs and has 261 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .348 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .771.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 77 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (5th in KBO). The Eagles have accrued 846 assists, 61 errors and have a tally of 2,330 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 83 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 47 times and been caught 36 times (43.4% caught stealing rate).

The Hanwha pitching staff have given up 377 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 3.98 (343 earned runs yielded). They have yielded 55 HR's and they allow 4.37 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Eagles have a WHIP of 1.351 with a FIP of 4.37 as a staff so far this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.03 (644 strikeouts against 318 bases on balls). They sit at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 731.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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