Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 4/2/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears

Date: Sunday, April 2, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (64-76, 8th in KBO last year) go to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Sunday, April 2, 2023, where they'll take on the Doosan Bears (60-82, 9th in KBO last season).

As a team, the Lotte Giants scored 4.2 runs per outing, which put them at 9th in baseball. They were sitting with 605 runs while having a team OBP of .328. The Giants accounted for 227 doubles as a team and smacked 106 balls out of the stadium. They amassed 570 runs batted in as well as 1,320 hits during the previous year, and their team batting average came in at .267. Lotte was slugging .383 and struck out 991 times, while taking a walk on 417 occasions.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For his professional baseball career, Jeon has hit 179 balls out of the park while driving in 811 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .464 and he has totaled 2,574 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 6,216 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,658 times. He has been struck out 937 times and earned a walk on 501 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .362 on-base percentage. Jeon has earned a batting average of .299 for his career in baseball, in addition to 916 scored runs and an OPS of .826.

The Lotte Giants notched a total of 3,842 putouts over the course of last season, as well as 1,403 assists and 114 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .979 which put them in 6th in Korean baseball and they twisted 124 double plays. The Giants swiped 99 bases and were thrown out 39 times, which means their caught stealing percentage was 28.3%.

The Giants had an earned run average of 4.45 last season (8th in the league), and they rung up 1,199 batters. Giants pitchers surrendered 84 home runs in addition to 712 runs (3rd in the league). Lotte gave up 1,373 base hits (9.7 per 9 innings) and also 633 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 2.44 and their pitching staff earned a collective WHIP of 1.46.

The Doosan Bears had a team on-base percentage of .324 as well as a team batting average of .255 in the previous season. They struck out on 1,007 instances (6th in baseball) and notched a total of 1,249 base hits. Doosan tallied 101 home runs for the prior year and 592 RBIs. The Bears had a SLG% of .365 and they earned 4.43 runs per contest (6th in KBO). They have hit 210 doubles, while getting a free base 450 times and scoring 638 runs.

Kyeong-min Ho is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Ho has drawn a free base 337 times while fanning on 391 occasions. He has compiled 652 runs and racked up 527 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .358 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .744. He has homered 46 times, as well as 1,629 total bases and a .386 slugging percentage. In the 4,219 official at-bats in his baseball career, Ho has accrued an average at the plate of .294 and has racked up 1,239 hits.

The Doosan Bears turned 128 double plays and held a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in KBO). The Bears racked up 1,393 assists, 117 errors and had 3,838 putouts during the previous year. In their 129 chances at stealing a base, they had success 95 times and were caught 34 times (26.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Bears finished with a team WHIP of 1.478 and had a FIP of 5.07 as a unit over the course of last season. They finished at 3rd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,336. The Doosan pitching staff conceded 721 runs during the previous year while having an ERA of 4.45 (632 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio came in at 1.76 (977 strikeouts vs 555 walks). They surrendered 117 home runs and they surrender 5.07 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Doosan and under the total runs

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