SSG Landers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/26/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, August 26, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Suk Hwan Yang and the Doosan Bears (52-51, 5th in KBO) will take on the SSG Landers (56-46, 3rd in KBO) on Saturday, August 26, 2023.

SSG has a slugging percentage of .385 and have struck out 687 times, while getting the free base on 358 occasions. They have tallied 425 RBI's and 898 hits for the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .256. The Landers have accounted for 165 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 89 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 455 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .332. As a team, the SSG Landers are knocking in 4.4 runs per game, which ranks them 7th in the league.

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Jeong Choi is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Choi has earned a batting average of .287 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,346 runs scored and an OPS of .917. He has struck out 1,633 times and has gotten a free base on 970 occasions, which contributes in part to a .390 on-base percentage. For his career, Choi has drilled 450 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 1,435 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .527 and he has racked up 3,851 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 8,754 times and has delivered with a base knock 2,098 times.

The Landers have swiped 83 bases and have been caught 40 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 32.5%. The SSG Landers have earned a total of 2,755 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,075 assists and 81 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .979 which puts them in 7th in KBO and have accumulated 109 double plays.

The Landers hold a team ERA of 4.13 for the year (6th in the league), and their staff has rung up 695 batters. SSG has conceded 943 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) as well as 421 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.57 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.51. Landers pitchers have conceded 73 home runs in addition to 467 runs in total (7th in the league).

The Bears hold a slugging % of .371 and they are earning 4.25 runs per outing (8th in the league). They have 152 doubles, while getting a free base 364 times as well as recording 442 runs. Doosan has accounted for 71 home runs on the campaign as well as 403 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 709 occasions (7th in KBO) and have 893 base hits. The Doosan Bears hold a team on-base percentage of .332 as well as a batting average of .254 this year.

Suk Hwan Yang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Yang has earned a walk 200 times while going down on strikes on 659 attempts. His on-base percentage sits at .315 and he holds a career OPS of .754. Over the course of the 2,874 official at-bats in his pro career, Yang has recorded a batting average of .263 in addition to 755 hits. He has accumulated 359 runs in addition to having earned 467 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 118 times, with 1,263 total bases and a .439 slugging percentage.

The Doosan Bears have twisted 77 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in KBO). The Bears have accrued 924 assists, 82 errors and have notched a total of 2,782 putouts on the season. In their 72 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 40 times and been caught 32 times (44.4% caught stealing rate).

The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.358 with a FIP of 4.57 as a pitching staff this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.14 (745 strikeouts vs 348 free passes). They are sitting at 6th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 911. They have allowed 65 homers and they yield 4.57 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Doosan pitching staff have given up 471 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 4.08 (420 earned runs allowed).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG

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