Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 7/18/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, July 18, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: TVING

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Dong Hee Yoon and the Lotte Giants (37-46, 8th in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (48-43, 4th in KBO) on Thursday, July 18, 2024.

As a team, the Doosan Bears are scoring 5.4 runs per game, which ranks them 3rd in the league. They have a total of 504 runs while having a team OBP of .349. The Bears have tallied 152 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 95 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 473 RBI's as well as 897 base knocks over the course of the season, and their batting average is .280. Doosan is slugging .427 and have been called out on strikes 680 times, while taking a walk on 313 occasions.

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Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. In his career, Jung has hit 35 balls out of the park while knocking in 525 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to the plate 5,840 times and has come through with a hit 1,421 times. Jung is sitting with a batting avereage of .279 for his baseball career, in addition to 884 runs scored and an OPS of .723. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .372 and he has totaled 1,893 bases. He has struck out 749 times and has taken a walk on 512 occasions, which contributes in part to a .351 OBP.

The Bears have swiped 61 bases and have been caught 21 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 25.6%. The Doosan Bears have earned a total of 2,495 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 821 assists and 63 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .981 which has them sitting 3rd in the league and they have turned 71 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.79 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.50. Bears pitchers have conceded 86 long balls and 468 runs in total (6th in the league). Doosan has relinquished 860 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 418 earned runs. The Bears have compiled a team ERA of 4.53 for the year (4th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 691 batters.

Lotte has compiled 69 home runs this season to go along with 435 RBIs. They have hit 163 two-baggers, while getting a free base 287 times and earning 468 runs. The Lotte Giants hold a team OBP of .348 in addition to a batting average of .281 on the campaign. The Giants hold a team SLG% of .420 and they are recording 5.44 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have been rung up on 652 occasions (7th in baseball) and have accounted for 849 base knocks.

Dong Hee Yoon is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Yoon has earned a free base 70 times while striking out on 130 plate appearances. He has a total of 111 runs and also has 84 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .351 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .739. He has gone deep 8 times, in addition to having 276 total bases and also a .388 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 712 at-bats in his career, Yoon has earned a batting average of .288 and has racked up 205 hits.

In their 88 chances at stealing a base, they have had success 61 times and been caught 27 times (30.7% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 87 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .979 (6th in Korean baseball). The Giants have racked up 856 assists, 67 errors and have a tally of 2,274 putouts so far this season.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.534 and have a FIP of 5.43 as a unit this season. They are sitting at 7th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 850. The Lotte pitching staff have relinquished 457 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.97 (419 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.08 (651 strikeouts vs 313 bases on balls). They have yielded 82 dingers and they surrender 5.43 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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