Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 6/21/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Friday, June 21, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (27-42, 10th in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (29-38, 8th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Friday, June 21, 2024.

The Giants have accrued 128 doubles as a unit and have hit 57 balls out of the park. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .419 and have struck out 515 times, while getting the free base on 209 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are putting up 5.2 runs per game, which puts them at 7th in the league. They have 330 runs batted in and 672 hits so far this year, while their average at the plate is at .278. They have 357 runs and hold an OBP of .341.

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Dong Hee Yoon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For his professional baseball career, Yoon has drilled 6 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 70 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .380 and he has a total of 246 bases. For his time in baseball, he approached the plate 715 times and has delivered with a base hit 185 times. He has gone down on strikes 115 times and has taken a walk on 56 occasions, which contributes in part to a .341 on-base %. Yoon has a batting average of .286 for his baseball career, in addition to 101 scored runs and an OPS of .721.

The Giants have swiped 51 bags and have been thrown out 24 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 32.0%. The Lotte Giants have a tally of 1,824 putouts this season, in addition to 697 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .980 which has them sitting 5th in the league and have a total of 68 double plays.

The Giants are sitting with a team ERA of 5.09 so far this season (9th in the league), and they have rung up 513 batters. Giants pitchers have conceded 63 home runs and also 369 runs (5th in baseball). Lotte has allowed 690 base knocks (10.2 per 9 innings) and 344 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.06 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.54.

The Heroes hold a team slugging % of .384 and they are earning 4.64 runs per game (10th in the league). They have 100 two-baggers, while taking a walk 238 times as well as scoring 320 runs. Kiwoom is sitting with 53 home runs so far this year as well as 309 RBIs. They have struck out on 506 instances (8th in baseball) and have accounted for 643 hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for an on-base percentage of .341 in addition to a batting average of .269 on the season.

Hye Seong Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Over the course of the 3,169 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has a batting average of .303 with 960 hits. He has hit it out of the park 36 times, with 1,278 bases in total and a .403 slugging %. Kim has recorded a free base 301 times while striking out on 587 occasions. He has accrued 546 runs in addition to having earned 350 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .363 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .766.

Of their 78 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 55 times and been caught 23 times (29.5% caught stealing rate). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 65 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in the league). The Heroes have accrued 632 assists, 56 errors and have notched a total of 1,825 putouts this year.

The Kiwoom pitching staff have allowed 373 runs this year while holding an ERA of 5.03 (340 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 64 home runs and they give up 5.52 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.518 and have a FIP of 5.52 as a unit so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.74 (426 strikeouts vs 245 bases on balls). They rank 5th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 678.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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