SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/4/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, August 4, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Jeong Choi and the SSG Landers (50-36, 2nd in KBO) go to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Friday, August 4, 2023, where they'll meet the Lotte Giants (41-46, 7th in KBO).

The Landers have hit 141 doubles as a team and have hit 83 balls out of the park. SSG has a slugging rate of .397 and have struck out 586 times, while drawing a walk on 311 occasions. As a team, the SSG Landers are compiling 4.7 runs per contest, which is 4th in KBO. They have compiled 382 runs batted in and 768 base knocks so far this year, while their average at the plate is .259. They have tallied 406 runs scored and have an OBP of .337.

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Jeong Choi is a hitter who can be a difference maker for SSG. For his pro baseball career, Choi has hit 449 balls out of the park while driving in 1,430 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to the plate 8,685 times and has delivered with a base hit 2,088 times. Choi is sitting with a batting avereage of .288 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,342 scored runs and an OPS of .920. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .529 and he has totaled 3,836 bases. He has been struck out 1,620 times and has gotten a free base on 960 occasions, contributing to a .391 on-base percentage.

The SSG Landers have earned a total of 2,326 putouts so far this season, in addition to 886 assists and 69 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which is 7th in the league and they have twisted 85 double plays. The Landers have swiped 72 bases and have been thrown out 29 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 28.7%.

The Landers are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.11 for the season (7th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 601 batters. Landers pitchers have surrendered 63 long balls and 393 total runs (6th in KBO). SSG has surrendered 793 hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and 354 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.61 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.50.

The Lotte Giants are sitting with an OBP of .327 as well as a team batting average of .254 so far this season. They have struck out on 596 instances (6th in baseball) and have earned a total of 744 base hits. Lotte has tallied 40 home runs so far this year and 345 runs batted in. The Giants have a team slugging % of .347 and they are scoring 4.29 runs per game (7th in KBO). They have recorded 124 two-baggers, while taking a walk 305 times and earning 373 runs.

Chi-Hong Ahn is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. Ahn has tallied a walk 537 times while fanning on 830 tries. His on-base rate is .362 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .797. Over the course of the 5,539 at-bats in his professional career, Ahn has recorded a batting average of .297 in addition to having 1,643 base knocks. He has amassed 808 runs and also has 821 RBIs. He has gone deep 135 times, with 2,412 bases in total and a .435 slugging percentage.

Of their 87 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 59 times and been caught 28 times (32.2% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have twisted 69 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (1st in Korean baseball). The Giants have accrued 828 assists, 49 errors and have amassed 2,323 putouts so far this year.

The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 413 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.44 (382 earned runs allowed). They have relinquished 54 homers and they allow 4.80 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.506 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.80 as a squad on the year. Their K/BB ratio is 1.79 (631 strikeouts vs 353 free passes). They have a ranking of 4th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 813.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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