Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 6/25/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Dong Hee Yoon and the Lotte Giants (32-40, 8th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (45-30, 1st in KBO) on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

As a squad, the Kia Tigers are knocking in 5.8 runs/g, which has them sitting at 1st in KBO. They have notched a total of 438 runs while having a team OBP of .367. The Tigers have hit 129 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 86 balls out of the park. They have recorded 417 RBI's in addition to 789 base knocks for the year, while their batting average is sitting at .292. Kia is slugging .447 and have been called out on strikes 490 times, while taking a walk on 299 occasions.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his career, Choi has hit 388 balls over the fence while knocking in 1,611 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he faced a pitcher 9,042 times and has reached base with a base hit 2,404 times. Choi has earned a batting average of .311 for his time in baseball, with 1,270 runs scored and an OPS of .933. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .532 in addition to racking up 4,112 bases. He has struck out 1,364 times and has been walked on 1,109 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .401 on-base percentage.

The Tigers have stolen 63 bags and have been thrown out 19 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 23.2%. The Kia Tigers have a total of 2,046 putouts on the campaign, as well as 761 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .974 which is 10th in KBO and have accumulated 76 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.98 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.47. Tigers pitchers have conceded 77 home runs and also 373 total runs (9th in the league). Kia has relinquished 708 hits (9.3 per 9 innings) and 314 earned runs. The Tigers have an earned run average of 4.14 on the year (1st in baseball), and the staff has rung up 579 batters.

Lotte has a total of 61 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 362 runs batted in. They have 139 doubles, while getting a free base 232 times and scoring 394 runs. The Lotte Giants are sitting with a team OBP of .343 in addition to a batting average of .279 this season. The Giants have a slugging percentage of .421 and they earn 5.32 runs per contest (3rd in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 549 instances (7th in KBO) and have 725 hits.

Dong Hee Yoon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For the 666 at-bats in his pro career, Yoon has hit .291 with 194 hits. He has gone deep 7 times, with 260 total bases and also a .390 slugging percentage. Yoon has drawn a walk 59 times while striking out on 118 occasions. He is sitting with 105 runs and also has 79 RBIs. His OBP sits at .347 and he has a lifetime OPS of .737.

The Lotte Giants have turned 78 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in Korean baseball). The Giants have accrued 738 assists, 54 errors and have a tally of 1,953 putouts on the season. Out of their 77 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 52 times and been caught 25 times (32.5% caught stealing rate).

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.547 with a FIP of 5.38 as a unit for the year. They rank 5th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 738. The Lotte pitching staff have yielded 389 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 5.00 (362 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.05 (551 strikeouts against 269 free passes). They have allowed 69 homers and they allow 5.38 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kia

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