Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 6/26/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (32-40, 8th in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (45-30, 1st in KBO) on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.

As a unit, the Kia Tigers are notching 5.8 runs per game, which has them at 1st in the league. They have earned a total of 438 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .367. The Tigers have compiled 129 doubles as a squad and have hit 86 balls out of the park. They have accrued 417 RBI's in addition to 789 hits on the year, while their batting average sits at .292. Kia has a slugging percentage of .447 and have been called out on strikes 490 times, while drawing a walk on 299 occasions.

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Socrates Brito is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. Brito has accumulated a batting average of .282 for his career, in addition to 945 runs scored and an OPS of .770. He has struck out 1,321 times and has been walked on 484 occasions, which contributes in part to a .333 OBP. For his career, Brito has slapped 150 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 832 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .436 in addition to having tallied 2,733 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 6,859 times and came through with a base base hit 1,769 times.

The Tigers have swiped 63 bases and have been caught 19 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 23.2%. The Kia Tigers have a total of 2,046 putouts so far this season, in addition to 761 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .974 which is 10th in Korean baseball and have 76 double plays.

The Tigers hold a team ERA of 4.14 so far this season (1st in KBO), and the staff has struck out 579 hitters. Tigers pitchers have allowed 77 home runs and also 373 runs in total (9th in the league). Kia has given up 708 hits (9.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 314 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.98 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.47.

Lotte has accounted for 61 home runs this year as well as 362 runs batted in. They have recorded 139 doubles, while taking a walk 232 times and scoring 394 runs. The Lotte Giants have recorded a team OBP of .343 as well as a team batting average of .279 so far this year. The Giants have a slugging percentage of .421 and they are scoring 5.32 runs per contest (3rd in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 549 occasions (7th in KBO) and have totaled 725 base hits.

Victor Reyes is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Reyes has earned a walk 318 times while fanning on 928 tries. He has tallied 668 runs and has 617 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .336 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .743. He has homered 74 times, with 1,956 bases in total and also a .407 slugging percentage. In the 4,805 at-bats in his career, Reyes has an average at the plate of .291 with 1,399 hits.

Of their 77 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 52 times and been caught 25 times (32.5% caught stealing rate). 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.

The Lotte pitching staff have relinquished 389 runs for the season while having an ERA of 5.00 (362 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 69 homers and they surrender 5.38 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO). The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.547 and have a FIP of 5.38 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.05 (551 strikeouts vs 269 walks). They rank 5th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 738.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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