Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 9/26/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Dong Hee Yoon and the Lotte Giants (63-72, 7th in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (72-68, 4th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, September 26, 2024.

Doosan has a slugging rate of .426 and have been called out on strikes 1,063 times, while drawing a walk on 502 occasions. They have accumulated 736 runs batted in and 1,360 base knocks on the season, while their batting average sits at .277. The Bears have recorded 240 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 149 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 781 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .350. As a squad, the Doosan Bears are putting up 5.5 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 4th in baseball.

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Soo Bin Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. For his career, Jung has hit 36 balls out of the park while knocking in 544 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .372 in addition to having tallied 1,960 bases. In his time in the Majors, he approached the plate 6,066 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,476 times. He has gone down on strikes 776 times and has taken a walk on 543 at-bats, contributing to a .353 OBP. Jung is sitting with a batting avereage of .280 for his career in baseball, with 914 runs scored and an OPS of .725.

The Bears have swiped 97 bases and have been thrown out 28 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 22.4%. The Doosan Bears have earned a total of 3,797 putouts this season, as well as 1,245 assists and 83 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .984 which ranks 2nd in KBO and have a total of 109 double plays.

Their K/BB ratio is 1.85 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.49. Bears pitchers have given up 135 long balls and 742 runs in total (7th in KBO). Doosan has conceded 1,316 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) as well as 683 earned runs. The Bears have an earned run average of 4.86 so far this season (4th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,061 batters.

The Giants hold a slugging % of .428 and they are earning 5.53 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have 272 two-baggers, while taking a walk 473 times as well as scoring 768 runs. Lotte has 122 home runs on the year as well as 724 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 1,045 instances (8th in KBO) and have a total of 1,394 base hits. The Lotte Giants have tallied an on-base percentage of .350 and a team batting average of .283 for the year.

Dong Hee Yoon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Yoon has tallied a free base 92 times while going down on strikes on 182 tries. His on-base percentage sits at .353 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .763. Over the course of the 919 official at-bats in his career, Yoon has hit .288 in addition to 265 base hits. He is sitting with 140 runs and has 127 RBIs. He has hit a home run 16 times, as well as 377 bases in total and a .410 slugging percentage.

Out of their 123 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 88 times and been caught 35 times (28.5% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 137 double plays and have a fielding rate of .977 (9th in Korean baseball). The Giants have accrued 1,363 assists, 122 errors and have accumulated 3,707 putouts on the season.

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.542 and have a FIP of 5.58 as a staff over the course of the season. They come in at 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,394. The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 766 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 5.06 (694 earned runs allowed). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.15 (1,098 strikeouts against 511 bases on balls). They have conceded 136 homers and they give up 5.58 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Doosan

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