Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/31/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, August 31, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Dong Hee Yoon and the Lotte Giants (52-62, 8th in KBO) travel to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Saturday, August 31, 2024, where they'll take on the Doosan Bears (64-60, 4th in KBO).

Lotte has a slugging percentage of .431 and have struck out 872 times, while being walked on 393 occasions. They have tallied 611 RBI's and 1,169 hits this year, while their average at the plate is .282. The Giants have tallied 230 doubles as a team and have hit 109 balls out of the stadium. They have 650 runs scored while having a team OBP of .349. As a team, the Lotte Giants are earning 5.6 runs per game, which puts them at 2nd in baseball.

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Dong Hee Yoon is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. For his pro baseball career, Yoon has drilled 14 baseballs out of the park while driving in 108 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 934 times and got on base with a base hit 239 times. Yoon has an average at the plate of .287 for his career, with 128 runs scored and an OPS of .754. He has earned a slugging percentage of .403 in addition to having tallied 336 bases. He has gone down on strikes 159 times and has taken a walk on 83 occasions, which contributes in part to a .351 OBP.

The Giants have stolen 76 bases and have been caught 31 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 29.0%. The Lotte Giants have 3,104 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,178 assists and 94 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .979 which has them sitting 7th in the league and they have turned 122 double plays.

The Giants are sitting with a team ERA of 5.05 on the year (8th in the league), and their staff has struck out 912 batters. Lotte has surrendered 1,160 hits (10.1 per 9 innings) as well as 580 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.09 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.54. Giants pitchers have surrendered 118 home runs and 636 runs in total (7th in KBO).

The Bears have a team SLG% of .430 and they have an average of 5.51 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have 212 doubles, while taking a walk 448 times as well as scoring 694 runs. Doosan has recorded 132 long balls for the season and 657 RBIs. They have struck out on 949 occasions (4th in KBO) and have earned 1,232 base hits. The Doosan Bears have a team on-base percentage of .353 and a team batting average of .282 on the season.

Soo Bin Jung is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. For the 5,210 official at-bats in his baseball career, Jung has an average at the plate of .280 with 1,459 base hits. He has hit it out of the park 35 times, with 1,938 bases in total and also a .372 slugging percentage. Jung has tallied a free base 535 times while striking out on 763 chances. He has compiled 904 runs in addition to having earned 535 runs batted in. His OBP is .353 and he has a lifetime OPS of .725.

The Doosan Bears have turned 97 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (2nd in the league). The Bears have racked up 1,121 assists, 78 errors and have earned 3,371 putouts so far this year. Out of their 109 tries at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 81 times and been caught 28 times (25.7% caught stealing percentage).

The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.498 and have a FIP of 5.27 as a unit this year. They come in at 4th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,168. The Doosan pitching staff have relinquished 658 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 4.82 (601 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.83 (943 strikeouts vs 514 walks). They have conceded 117 HR's and they give up 5.27 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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