Doosan Bears vs SSG Landers Prediction, 10/17/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs SSG Landers

Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

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Incheon SSG Landers Field is the venue where Jeong Choi and the SSG Landers (74-65, 4th in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (74-66, 5th in KBO) on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.

The Bears have accounted for 209 doubles as a team and have knocked 99 balls out of the stadium. Doosan owns a slugging percentage of .375 and have been called out on strikes 961 times, while being walked on 500 occasions. As a unit, the Doosan Bears are putting up 4.4 runs/g, which ranks them 8th in the league. They have 563 runs batted in and 1,228 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average comes in at .256. They have earned 618 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .333.

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Suk Hwan Yang is a batter who should impact this game for Doosan. Yang has compiled an average at the plate of .265 for his baseball career, in addition to 380 runs scored and an OPS of .759. He has struck out 689 times and has walked on 210 occasions, contributing to a .317 on-base percentage. In his career, Yang has hit 122 balls out of the park while knocking in 499 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .442 and he has racked up 1,333 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to the plate 3,314 times and has delivered with a hit 800 times.

The Doosan Bears are sitting with 3,803 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,282 assists and 113 errors. Their fielding rate is at .978 which has them sitting 7th in the league and they have twisted 106 double plays. The Bears have swiped 59 bags and have been thrown out 40 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 40.4%.

The Bears have an earned run average of 3.92 for the year (3rd in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,004 hitters. Doosan has allowed 1,227 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 552 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.03 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.36. Bears pitchers have relinquished 88 long balls and 617 total runs (7th in KBO).

The SSG Landers have earned a team OBP of .335 and a batting average of .259 so far this year. They have been rung up on 934 instances (9th in baseball) and have recorded 1,260 hits. SSG is sitting with 123 home runs this year and 602 RBIs. The Landers hold a team slugging % of .388 and they are recording 4.58 runs per game (5th in baseball). They have hit 225 doubles, while walking 500 times and putting up 650 runs.

Jeong Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Over the course of the 7,424 official at-bats in his baseball career, Choi has a batting average of .287 in addition to having 2,133 hits. He has gone yard 458 times, as well as 3,919 total bases and also a .528 slugging percentage. Choi has drawn a walk 982 times while striking out on 1,658 plate appearances. He has accumulated 1,368 runs and has 1,454 RBIs. His OBP is .390 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .918.

In their 181 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 126 times and been caught 55 times (30.4% caught stealing percentage). The SSG Landers have turned 160 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in Korean baseball). The Landers have accrued 1,485 assists, 118 errors and have a total of 3,811 putouts over the course of the season.

The SSG pitching staff have allowed 696 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 4.42 (624 earned runs given up). They have conceded 103 dingers and they allow 4.93 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Landers have a WHIP of 1.536 and have a FIP of 4.93 as a squad on the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.58 (960 strikeouts vs 607 free passes). They are sitting at 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,344.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Doosan

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