Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/17/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: TVING

Dong Hee Yoon and the Lotte Giants (47-55, 8th in KBO) play the Kiwoom Heroes (48-61, 10th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Saturday, August 17, 2024.

The Heroes have accumulated 165 doubles as a unit and have smacked 81 balls out of the stadium. Kiwoom has a slugging rate of .388 and have been rung up 824 times, while getting the free base on 378 occasions. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are knocking in 4.8 runs per outing, which puts them at 10th in KBO. They have 505 runs batted in and 1,024 hits so far this year, while their team batting average sits at .271. They have tallied 528 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .344.

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Hye Seong Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. For his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 37 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 375 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 3,677 times and got on base with a hit 1,004 times. Kim has hit .304 for his career, in addition to 568 scored runs and an OPS of .770. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .405 in addition to racking up 1,336 bases. He has gone down on strikes 602 times and has walked on 316 occasions, which contributes in part to a .365 OBP.

The Kiwoom Heroes have a total of 2,896 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,005 assists and 83 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .979 which has them ranked 5th in KBO and have earned 99 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 85 bases and have been caught 35 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 29.2%.

The Heroes are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.03 this year (7th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 708 hitters. Heroes pitchers have conceded 107 long balls and 587 total runs (5th in baseball). Kiwoom has allowed 1,064 hits (9.9 per 9 innings) as well as 539 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.82 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.51.

Lotte has accumulated 92 home runs this year in addition to 551 RBIs. They have hit 205 doubles, while taking a walk 360 times as well as recording 588 runs. The Lotte Giants have recorded a team on-base percentage of .350 and a batting average of .282 for the season. The Giants have a slugging percentage of .427 and they average 5.60 runs per outing (3rd in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 792 occasions (8th in the league) and have recorded 1,047 base hits.

Dong Hee Yoon is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. During the 793 at-bats in his baseball career, Yoon has compiled an average at the plate of .288 with 228 hits. He has gone deep 11 times, as well as 314 bases in total and also a .396 slugging percentage. Yoon has tallied a free base 79 times while going down on strikes on 151 tries. He has accumulated 122 runs in addition to having earned 101 RBIs. His OBP is .350 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .746.

The Lotte Giants have turned 105 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in Korean baseball). The Giants have recorded 1,051 assists, 87 errors and have notched a total of 2,792 putouts for the year. Out of their 101 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 72 times and been caught 29 times (28.7% caught stealing rate).

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.560 with a FIP of 5.61 as a squad for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.08 (818 strikeouts vs 393 free passes). They are currently ranked 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,058. They have yielded 108 long balls and they surrender 5.61 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have yielded 580 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 5.11 (528 earned runs conceded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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