Hanwha Eagles vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/25/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Doosan Bears

Date: Sunday, August 25, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Jae Hwan Kim and the Doosan Bears (62-57, 4th in KBO) play the Hanwha Eagles (53-60, 7th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Sunday, August 25, 2024.

The Eagles have earned 180 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 110 balls out of the park. Hanwha is slugging .407 and have struck out 850 times, while getting the free base on 418 occasions. As a unit, the Hanwha Eagles are knocking in 5.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in KBO. They have compiled 575 RBI's as well as 1,093 base knocks so far this season, and their batting average is at .272. They have 612 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .349.

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Yonathan Perlaza is a batter who should impact this game for Hanwha. For his pro baseball career, Perlaza has slapped 89 baseballs over the fence while driving in 372 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to bat 2,868 times and has reached base with a base knock 688 times. Perlaza has an average at the plate of .272 for his time in baseball, with 426 runs scored and an OPS of .810. He has earned a slugging percentage of .459 in addition to having tallied 1,159 bases. He has struck out 651 times and has been walked on 303 occasions, contributing to a .351 OBP.

The Eagles have stolen 93 bases and have been thrown out 36 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 27.9%. The Hanwha Eagles have a tally of 3,061 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,076 assists and 86 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them sitting 4th in the league and they have turned 107 double plays.

The Eagles are sitting with a team ERA of 4.98 on the season (6th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 901 batters. Hanwha has surrendered 1,139 hits (10.0 per 9 innings) and 564 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.15 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.53. Eagles pitchers have surrendered 105 long balls and also 620 total runs (6th in KBO).

The Bears have a SLG% of .431 and they tally 5.47 runs per game (4th in the league). They have 202 doubles, while taking a walk 428 times as well as putting up 662 runs. Doosan has compiled 128 home runs for the year and 629 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 914 occasions (4th in the league) and have a total of 1,188 base knocks. The Doosan Bears have an on-base percentage of .354 as well as a batting average of .283 so far this year.

Jae Hwan Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Kim has earned a free base 670 times while going down on strikes on 1,212 chances. He has scored 778 runs in addition to having 914 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .374 and he holds a career OPS of .882. He has homered 257 times, as well as 2,359 bases in total and a .508 slugging %. Over the course of the 4,643 at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has a batting average of .282 in addition to having 1,311 base hits.

The Doosan Bears have turned 89 double plays and have a fielding rate of .983 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Bears have recorded 1,068 assists, 75 errors and have accumulated 3,233 putouts for the season. In their 106 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 80 times and been caught 26 times (24.5% caught stealing percentage).

The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.500 with a FIP of 5.29 as a squad so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.84 (904 strikeouts vs 492 free passes). They are sitting at 5th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,124. They have yielded 113 dingers and they relinquish 5.29 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Doosan pitching staff have relinquished 633 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.84 (579 earned runs allowed).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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