Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 7/21/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Sunday, July 21, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (48-42, 3rd in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (38-47, 8th in KBO) on Sunday, July 21, 2024.

As a squad, the Lotte Giants are knocking in 5.4 runs per game, which puts them at 2nd in KBO. They have tallied 476 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .346. The Giants have tallied 164 doubles as a team and have smacked 71 balls out of the park. They have amassed 443 RBI's as well as 858 base knocks so far this year, and their batting average is .278. Lotte owns a slugging percentage of .416 and have been rung up 668 times, while being walked on 294 occasions.

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Dong Hee Yoon is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. In his pro baseball career, Yoon has drilled 8 balls out of the park while driving in 85 runs. For his time in the league, he approached the plate 801 times and has delivered with a hit 206 times. Yoon has accumulated a batting average of .288 for his career, in addition to 111 runs scored and an OPS of .737. His career slugging percentage is .387 and he has a total of 277 bases. He has struck out 131 times and has walked on 70 occasions, contributing to a .350 OBP.

The Giants have swiped 65 bases and have been caught 27 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 29.3%. The Lotte Giants are sitting with 2,331 putouts this year, in addition to 880 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .979 which is 7th in KBO and they have turned 89 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.11 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.52. Giants pitchers have yielded 83 long balls and also 462 runs (8th in KBO). Lotte has allowed 865 base hits (10.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 424 earned runs. The Giants have compiled a team earned run average of 4.91 this season (6th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 673 batters.

Samsung has accounted for 102 home runs on the year and 438 runs batted in. They have 136 doubles, while walking 349 times as well as scoring 461 runs. The Samsung Lions have recorded an on-base percentage of .343 and a team batting average of .261 on the year. The Lions hold a team slugging percentage of .407 and they score 5.01 runs per outing (9th in the league). They have struck out on 730 occasions (3rd in the league) and are sitting with 824 base hits.

Young Woong Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Kim has recorded a walk 44 times while fanning on 136 attempts. He has accounted for 60 runs in addition to having earned 63 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .314 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .754. He has homered 20 times, in addition to having 185 total bases and also a .440 slugging percentage. For the 420 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has accumulated a batting average of .240 in addition to 101 base hits.

Of their 125 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 89 times and been caught 36 times (28.8% caught stealing rate). The Samsung Lions have turned 58 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .983 (1st in KBO). The Lions have 774 assists, 57 errors and have 2,459 putouts for the year.

The Samsung pitching staff have surrendered 454 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.63 (421 earned runs yielded). They have given up 100 dingers and they surrender 4.98 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.460 and have a FIP of 4.98 as a unit on the season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.95 (642 strikeouts against 329 bases on balls). They come in at 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 867.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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