Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 9/23/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers

Date: Saturday, September 23, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Seong Han Park and the SSG Landers (63-59, 5th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (58-65, 7th in KBO) on Saturday, September 23, 2023.

As a team, the Lotte Giants are knocking in 4.4 runs per game, which is 7th in KBO. They have 540 runs scored and hold an OBP of .335. The Giants have hit 191 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 57 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 503 runs batted in in addition to 1,074 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average is sitting at .260. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .357 and have been rung up 859 times, while taking a walk on 445 occasions.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. In his pro baseball career, Jeon has drilled 193 balls over the fence while driving in 876 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 6,682 times and has delivered a base hit 1,780 times. Jeon has recorded a batting average of .299 in his time in baseball, in addition to 980 runs scored and an OPS of .826. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .463 and he has totaled 2,760 bases. He has struck out 990 times and has been walked on 544 at-bats, which has contributed to a .363 on-base percentage.

The Giants have swiped 74 bases and have been thrown out 39 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 34.5%. The Lotte Giants have notched a total of 3,271 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,167 assists and 89 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them ranked 4th in KBO and have accumulated 94 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.95 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.49. Giants pitchers have given up 66 home runs in addition to 570 total runs (5th in baseball). Lotte has given up 1,158 base knocks (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 507 earned runs. The Giants have a team ERA of 4.19 this season (6th in the league), and their staff has rung up 909 hitters.

The Landers hold a team slugging % of .388 and they average 4.54 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have hit 198 doubles, while taking a walk 430 times as well as putting up 563 runs. SSG is sitting with 108 long balls so far this year and 521 RBIs. They have struck out on 822 occasions (8th in the league) and have a total of 1,105 base hits. The SSG Landers have recorded an OBP of .334 and a team batting average of .259 on the season.

Seong Han Park is a hitter who should impact this game for SSG. Park has recorded a walk 184 times while striking out on 247 chances. He is sitting with 182 runs and also has 156 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .360 and he has a career OPS of .727. He has gone yard 17 times, with 546 total bases and also a .367 slugging %. Over the course of the 1,489 at-bats in his professional career, Park has earned a batting average of .281 and has racked up 418 base hits.

The SSG Landers have turned 132 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (8th in KBO). The Landers have recorded 1,288 assists, 101 errors and have amassed 3,328 putouts so far this season. Of their 164 chances at getting a steal, they have been successful 112 times and been caught 52 times (31.7% caught stealing percentage).

The Landers have a team WHIP of 1.552 in addition to having a FIP of 5.01 as a staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.57 (847 strikeouts against 540 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 4th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,181. They have yielded 91 home runs and they surrender 5.01 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The SSG pitching staff have yielded 617 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.51 (556 earned runs conceded).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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