SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/17/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, August 17, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (48-51, 7th in KBO) play the SSG Landers (55-42, 2nd in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, August 17, 2023.

As a team, the SSG Landers are compiling 4.5 runs/g, which has them at 5th in baseball. They have notched a total of 439 runs while holding a team OBP of .334. The Landers have tallied 163 doubles as a unit and have hit 86 balls out of the park. They have accrued 411 runs batted in and 862 hits over the course of the season, while their batting average sits at .259. SSG has a slugging percentage of .391 and have been called out on strikes 651 times, while being walked on 339 occasions.

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Seong Han Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. For his career, Park has hit 14 baseballs out of the park while driving in 146 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .361 and he has racked up 505 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to bat 1,603 times and has delivered with a base knock 392 times. He has been struck out 234 times and earned a walk on 175 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .360 OBP. Park has earned a batting average of .281 for his time in baseball, with 172 scored runs and an OPS of .722.

The Landers have stolen 76 bags and have been gunned down 36 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 32.1%. The SSG Landers have a tally of 2,617 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,014 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them sitting 6th in the league and they have twisted 105 double plays.

The Landers have a team earned run average of 3.96 for the season (4th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 664 batters. Landers pitchers have given up 67 home runs and 425 total runs (7th in the league). SSG has yielded 880 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) and also 384 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.59 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.49.

The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .356 and they tally 4.43 runs per game (6th in KBO). They have 146 two-baggers, while walking 358 times and racking up 439 runs. Lotte has accumulated 48 home runs for the season and 406 RBIs. They have been rung up on 678 occasions (6th in KBO) and have recorded 871 hits. The Lotte Giants hold a team OBP of .334 and a batting average of .261 this year.

Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. During the 5,869 official at-bats in his pro career, Jeon has hit .297 with 1,745 base knocks. He has hit it out of the park 190 times, as well as 2,710 total bases and also a .462 slugging percentage. Jeon has drawn a free base 538 times while striking out on 979 chances. He has amassed 966 runs and also has 858 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .362 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .824.

Of their 91 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 62 times and been caught 29 times (31.9% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 75 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (1st in KBO). The Giants have racked up 943 assists, 62 errors and have 2,647 putouts on the season.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.505 with a FIP of 4.87 as a unit over the course of the season. They rank 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 939. The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 477 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.44 (435 earned runs surrendered). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.84 (717 strikeouts vs 389 bases on balls). They have surrendered 57 long balls and they yield 4.87 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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