Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 8/23/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Eun Seong Chae and the Hanwha Eagles (42-55, 8th in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (45-60, 9th in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Wednesday, August 23, 2023.

The Lions have tallied 163 doubles as a squad and have knocked 67 balls out of the park. Samsung is slugging .375 and have struck out 717 times, while getting the free base on 346 occasions. As a team, the Samsung Lions are compiling 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 6th in the league. They have accumulated 446 runs batted in and 972 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average comes in at .266. They have a total of 469 runs scored and have an OBP of .335.

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Jose Pirela is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Pirela has accrued an average at the plate of .286 for his time in baseball, with 1,281 scored runs and an OPS of .785. He has been struck out 1,295 times and has been walked on 723 occasions, which has contributed to a .349 OBP. For his career, Pirela has hit 207 balls out of the park while driving in 1,066 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .436 and he has racked up 3,553 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to bat 9,094 times and has delivered a base knock 2,332 times.

The Lions have stolen 55 bags and have been caught 23 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 29.5%. The Samsung Lions have accumulated 2,845 putouts this year, in addition to 1,059 assists and 73 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which ranks 2nd in KBO and have accumulated 85 double plays.

The Lions have compiled a team earned run average of 4.58 this season (10th in the league), and the staff has rung up 676 batters. Samsung has allowed 1,046 hits (9.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 483 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.99 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.46. Lions pitchers have relinquished 88 long balls and also 534 runs in total (2nd in KBO).

The Eagles have a SLG% of .352 and they average 4.25 runs per contest (8th in baseball). They have hit 154 doubles, while getting a free base 394 times and scoring 438 runs. Hanwha has a total of 74 home runs on the year as well as 413 RBIs. They have struck out on 852 occasions (2nd in KBO) and have accounted for 854 base hits. The Hanwha Eagles have accounted for an on-base percentage of .325 and a team batting average of .242 on the campaign.

Eun Seong Chae is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. For the 2,865 at-bats in his career, Chae is sitting with a batting avereage of .263 and has racked up 753 base hits. He has gone yard 118 times, with 1,260 total bases and also a .440 slugging percentage. Chae has drawn a free base 200 times while being called out on strikes on 655 occasions. He is sitting with 359 runs and has 465 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .316 and he has a career OPS of .756.

In their 102 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 65 times and been caught 37 times (36.3% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 84 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in the league). The Eagles have racked up 1,001 assists, 72 errors and have earned a total of 2,807 putouts this season.

The Eagles have a WHIP of 1.371 and have a FIP of 4.59 as a squad on the year. They are sitting at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 892. The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 477 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.17 (433 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.99 (776 strikeouts against 390 bases on balls). They have surrendered 68 dingers and they concede 4.59 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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