Doosan Bears vs SSG Landers Prediction, 7/27/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs SSG Landers

Date: Saturday, July 27, 2024

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the venue where Guillermo Heredia and the SSG Landers (46-46, 6th in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (49-46, 4th in KBO) on Saturday, July 27, 2024.

The Bears have tallied 156 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 99 balls out of the stadium. Doosan is slugging .423 and have been called out on strikes 717 times, while drawing a walk on 320 occasions. As a team, the Doosan Bears are compiling 5.4 runs per contest, which is 4th in the league. They have 488 RBI's and 928 hits this season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .278. They are sitting with 519 runs and hold an OBP of .346.

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Jae Hwan Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. In his pro baseball career, Kim has drilled 252 balls out of the park while driving in 904 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .508 and he has totaled 2,326 bases. For his career, he came to bat 5,332 times and has notched a hit 1,293 times. He has gone down on strikes 1,188 times and has been walked on 655 occasions, contributing to a .374 OBP. Kim has hit .282 for his career, with 761 scored runs and an OPS of .882.

The Bears have swiped 67 bases and have been thrown out 22 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 24.7%. The Doosan Bears have a tally of 2,599 putouts for the season, as well as 864 assists and 63 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .982 which puts them in 3rd in Korean baseball and they have turned 74 double plays.

Their K/BB ratio is 1.77 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.50. Bears pitchers have given up 91 long balls and 498 total runs (5th in baseball). Doosan has given up 894 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) and 448 earned runs. The Bears have an earned run average of 4.66 so far this season (4th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 714 hitters.

The SSG Landers have tallied an on-base percentage of .349 in addition to a batting average of .276 over the course of the season. They have been rung up on 694 occasions (6th in the league) and have totaled 894 base hits. SSG has a total of 88 long balls on the campaign in addition to 466 runs batted in. The Landers have a SLG% of .411 and they earn 5.25 runs per game (7th in the league). They have recorded 147 doubles, while walking 328 times as well as putting up 488 runs.

Guillermo Heredia is a hitter who should impact this game for SSG. For the 3,916 at-bats in his professional career, Heredia has a batting average of .277 and has racked up 1,086 base hits. He has gone deep 80 times, as well as 1,571 total bases and also a .401 slugging percentage. Heredia has drawn a free base 393 times while being called out on strikes on 666 occasions. He has compiled 623 runs and has 453 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .356 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .757.

Of their 108 attempts at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 78 times and been caught 30 times (27.8% caught stealing rate). The SSG Landers have turned 77 double plays and have a fielding rate of .975 (9th in the league). The Landers have accrued 862 assists, 85 errors and have 2,457 putouts so far this season.

The SSG pitching staff have conceded 539 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 5.32 (484 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 107 long balls and they surrender 5.92 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO). The Landers hold a team WHIP of 1.532 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.92 as a unit so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.90 (775 strikeouts against 408 walks). They come in at 10th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 847.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Doosan

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