Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 7/27/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears

Date: Thursday, July 27, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Ui-ji Yang and the Doosan Bears (43-36, 3rd in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (39-41, 5th in KBO) on Thursday, July 27, 2023.

As a team, the Lotte Giants are earning 4.3 runs per outing, which ranks them 6th in the league. They have notched a total of 340 runs and hold an OBP of .327. The Giants have tallied 108 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 38 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 314 RBI's and 684 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average sits at .255. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .346 and have been called out on strikes 555 times, while getting the free base on 279 occasions.

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Kang Nam Yoo is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. In his career, Yoo has hit 109 baseballs over the fence while driving in 476 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .412 and he has totaled 1,322 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 3,590 times and came through with a base base knock 849 times. He has gone down on strikes 640 times and has gotten a free base on 224 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .328 on-base %. Yoo has hit .265 for his time in baseball, with 366 scored runs and an OPS of .740.

The Lotte Giants have earned a total of 2,140 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 748 assists and 43 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .985 which puts them in 1st in KBO and have a total of 61 double plays. The Giants have swiped 56 bags and have been thrown out 24 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 30.0%.

The Giants have an earned run average of 4.48 on the year (9th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 585 batters. Lotte has allowed 755 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 355 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.81 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.51. Giants pitchers have given up 51 home runs in addition to 380 total runs (3rd in baseball).

Doosan has tallied 58 home runs over the course of the season as well as 309 runs batted in. They have hit 116 doubles, while getting a free base 288 times as well as earning 338 runs. The Doosan Bears hold an on-base percentage of .335 in addition to a team batting average of .257 on the year. The Bears have a SLG% of .374 and they have an average of 4.23 runs per game (7th in KBO). They have struck out on 529 occasions (9th in KBO) and are sitting with 694 hits.

Ui-ji Yang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Yang has tallied a walk 614 times while fanning on 679 occasions. He has amassed 794 runs in addition to having 984 runs batted in. His on-base % is .392 and he holds a career OPS of .895. He has gone deep 236 times, with 2,658 total bases and also a .503 slugging %. In the 5,287 at-bats in his pro career, Yang has a batting average of .308 in addition to 1,629 base hits.

Of their 50 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 26 times and been caught 24 times (48.0% caught stealing rate). The Doosan Bears have twisted 59 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (8th in KBO). The Bears have racked up 696 assists, 61 errors and have notched a total of 2,131 putouts this season.

The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.358 with a FIP of 4.36 as a pitching staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.14 (575 strikeouts vs 269 walks). They rank 7th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 695. They have given up 47 homers and they relinquish 4.36 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO). The Doosan pitching staff have yielded 344 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 3.87 (305 earned runs surrendered).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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