Hanwha Eagles vs SSG Landers Prediction, 7/28/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs SSG Landers

Date: Friday, July 28, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Jeong Choi and the SSG Landers (48-33, 2nd in KBO) will take on the Hanwha Eagles (36-42, 8th in KBO) on Friday, July 28, 2023.

As a squad, the Hanwha Eagles are putting up 4.3 runs per outing, which has them at 6th in the league. They have 354 runs while holding a team OBP of .329. The Eagles have accrued 121 doubles as a squad and have hit 56 balls out of the park. They have accrued 331 runs batted in and 677 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average is .242. Hanwha is slugging .348 and have been called out on strikes 669 times, while drawing a walk on 330 occasions.

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Eun Seong Chae is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Chae has accumulated a batting average of .296 for his career in baseball, with 485 scored runs and an OPS of .802. He has been struck out 677 times and earned a walk on 269 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .358 on-base %. For his career, Chae has hit 107 baseballs out of the park while driving in 644 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .444 and he has totaled 1,617 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 4,094 times and has delivered with a hit 1,080 times.

The Eagles have swiped 44 bases and have been thrown out 35 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 44.3%. The Hanwha Eagles have amassed 2,231 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 812 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .982 which puts them in 4th in KBO and have a total of 73 double plays.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.02 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.35. Eagles pitchers have given up 54 home runs and 360 total runs (7th in the league). Hanwha has given up 704 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 330 earned runs. The Eagles have a team ERA of 4.00 this season (6th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 611 hitters.

The SSG Landers have tallied an OBP of .337 in addition to a batting average of .259 so far this year. They have been rung up on 552 occasions (8th in the league) and have accounted for 725 hits. SSG has compiled 79 HRs for the season in addition to 365 runs batted in. The Landers have a SLG% of .397 and they average 4.71 runs per contest (3rd in baseball). They have recorded 131 two-baggers, while getting a free base 296 times as well as putting up 386 runs.

Jeong Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Choi has earned a free base 958 times while being called out on strikes on 1,616 chances. His on-base rate is .391 and he has a career OPS of .920. Over the course of the 7,231 at-bats in his baseball career, Choi has a batting average of .288 in addition to having 2,081 base knocks. He has recorded 1,340 runs and notched 1,427 runs batted in. He has homered 448 times, in addition to having 3,824 total bases and also a .529 slugging percentage.

The SSG Landers have turned 81 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in KBO). The Landers have accrued 852 assists, 65 errors and have accounted for 2,197 putouts for the year. Out of their 98 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 69 times and been caught 29 times (29.6% caught stealing percentage).

The Landers have a team WHIP of 1.511 with a FIP of 4.56 as a pitching staff on the season. They are currently ranked 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 751. The SSG pitching staff have surrendered 371 runs this season while having a team ERA of 4.11 (334 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.58 (561 strikeouts vs 355 bases on balls). They have surrendered 59 home runs and they yield 4.56 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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