Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/15/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears

Date: Thursday, August 15, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the site where Jae Hwan Kim and the Doosan Bears (58-54, 4th in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (47-55, 8th in KBO) on Thursday, August 15, 2024.

The Giants have earned 205 doubles as a squad and have hit 92 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging rate of .427 and have been called out on strikes 792 times, while drawing a walk on 360 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are scoring 5.6 runs per game, which is 3rd in KBO. They have compiled 551 RBI's as well as 1,047 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average is at .282. They have a total of 588 runs scored and have an OBP of .350.

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Victor Reyes is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. In his career, Reyes has slapped 78 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 638 runs. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 5,357 times and has notched a base hit 1,446 times. Reyes has recorded a batting average of .293 for his career in baseball, in addition to 693 runs scored and an OPS of .750. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .411 in addition to having tallied 2,025 bases. He has struck out 947 times and has taken a walk on 331 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .339 OBP.

The Lotte Giants have accumulated 2,792 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,051 assists and 87 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .978 which has them sitting 7th in Korean baseball and have 105 double plays. The Giants have stolen 72 bases and have been thrown out 29 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 28.7%.

The Giants have a team earned run average of 5.11 for the year (8th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 818 batters. Giants pitchers have given up 108 home runs and 580 runs in total (7th in the league). Lotte has conceded 1,058 hits (10.2 per 9 innings) as well as 528 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.08 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.56.

The Bears have a slugging percentage of .433 and they are recording 5.61 runs per outing (2nd in the league). They have hit 191 two-baggers, while taking a walk 401 times and scoring 639 runs. Doosan has knocked in 121 HRs so far this season in addition to 606 RBIs. They have been rung up on 851 occasions (4th in KBO) and have a total of 1,131 hits. The Doosan Bears hold a team OBP of .355 and a batting average of .285 on the campaign.

Jae Hwan Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. During the 4,618 at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has recorded a batting average of .282 in addition to 1,303 base hits. He has hit a home run 253 times, with 2,339 total bases and a .506 slugging percentage. Kim has recorded a walk 666 times while being called out on strikes on 1,205 plate appearances. He has scored 772 runs and has 909 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .374 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .880.

Of their 104 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 78 times and been caught 26 times (25.0% caught stealing rate). The Doosan Bears have turned 88 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Bears have accrued 1,007 assists, 72 errors and have notched a total of 3,049 putouts over the course of the season.

The Bears have a WHIP of 1.511 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.37 as a pitching staff this year. They rank 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,060. The Doosan pitching staff have given up 606 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 4.89 (552 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.80 (856 strikeouts against 475 walks). They have allowed 109 home runs and they surrender 5.37 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte

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