Doosan Bears vs LG Twins Prediction, 7/19/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs LG Twins

Date: Friday, July 19, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Austin Dean and the LG Twins (48-42, 3rd in KBO) will take on the Doosan Bears (48-43, 4th in KBO) on Friday, July 19, 2024.

As a team, the Doosan Bears are putting up 5.4 runs per outing, which has them at 3rd in baseball. They are sitting with 504 runs and have an on-base percentage of .349. The Bears have tallied 152 doubles as a team and have knocked 95 balls out of the park. They have amassed 473 runs batted in in addition to 897 hits on the season, and their average at the plate is .280. Doosan has a slugging percentage of .427 and have been called out on strikes 680 times, while drawing a walk on 313 occasions.

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Jae Hwan Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. In his career, Kim has hit 251 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 902 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to the plate 5,318 times and has delivered a base hit 1,291 times. Kim has an average at the plate of .283 in his time in baseball, with 760 runs scored and an OPS of .883. His slugging percentage sits at .509 and he has racked up 2,321 bases. He has fanned 1,181 times and has taken a walk on 655 occasions, contributing to a .374 OBP.

The Bears have stolen 61 bases and have been gunned down 21 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 25.6%. The Doosan Bears have 2,495 putouts on the year, in addition to 821 assists and 63 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .981 which puts them in 3rd in KBO and have 71 double plays.

The Bears hold a team earned run average of 4.53 so far this year (4th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 691 batters. Doosan has surrendered 860 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 418 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.79 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.50. Bears pitchers have given up 86 long balls and 468 total runs (6th in the league).

LG has compiled 66 long balls for the year to go along with 463 RBIs. They have hit 139 two-baggers, while taking a walk 410 times and putting up 489 runs. The LG Twins have compiled an on-base percentage of .364 and a batting average of .279 for the year. The Twins hold a slugging % of .398 and they tally 5.32 runs per contest (5th in KBO). They have struck out on 630 occasions (9th in baseball) and have tallied 873 base hits.

Austin Dean is a batter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Over the course of the 4,386 official at-bats in his baseball career, Dean has hit .283 in addition to having 1,242 base knocks. He has hit the long ball 137 times, as well as 1,984 total bases and also a .452 slugging percentage. Dean has recorded a free base 419 times while striking out on 844 tries. He has tallied 662 runs and has 658 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .348 and he has a career OPS of .800.

Out of their 114 chances at stealing a base, they have been successful 90 times and been caught 24 times (21.1% caught stealing rate). The LG Twins have turned 79 double plays and have a fielding rate of .979 (5th in KBO). The Twins have recorded 845 assists, 69 errors and have notched a total of 2,442 putouts for the year.

The LG pitching staff have allowed 457 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.52 (409 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 74 homers and they relinquish 5.05 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Twins have a WHIP of 1.506 and have a FIP of 5.05 as a unit over the course of the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.91 (683 strikeouts vs 357 bases on balls). They rank 2nd in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 869.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Doosan

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