Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/24/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, August 24, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (64-52, 2nd in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (50-57, 8th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Saturday, August 24, 2024.

The Giants have recorded 219 doubles as a unit and have knocked 97 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging rate of .430 and have struck out 823 times, while drawing a walk on 374 occasions. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are earning 5.6 runs per outing, which has them at 2nd in baseball. They have accrued 580 runs batted in and 1,106 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average sits at .283. They have notched a total of 619 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .351.

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Dong Hee Yoon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Yoon has accrued an average at the plate of .287 for his career, in addition to 125 runs scored and an OPS of .751. He has gone down on strikes 152 times and has been walked on 82 occasions, which has contributed to a .352 on-base %. For his professional baseball career, Yoon has hit 12 balls over the fence while knocking in 103 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .399 and he has a total of 322 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 908 times and has reached base with a base hit 232 times.

The Lotte Giants have accumulated 2,927 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,102 assists and 87 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .979 which puts them in 6th in Korean baseball and have 111 double plays. The Giants have stolen 73 bases and have been gunned down 30 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 29.1%.

The Giants are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.04 on the season (8th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 860 batters. Lotte has given up 1,102 base hits (10.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 546 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.09 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.55. Giants pitchers have allowed 112 home runs in addition to 598 total runs (8th in KBO).

Samsung has accumulated 140 HRs on the season in addition to 585 runs batted in. They have 175 doubles, while walking 435 times as well as scoring 616 runs. The Samsung Lions have earned a team on-base percentage of .348 and a team batting average of .269 over the course of the season. The Lions have a team SLG% of .421 and they average 5.22 runs per game (7th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 938 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have notched a total of 1,097 base hits.

Young Woong Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. In the 518 at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .245 with 127 hits. He has gone yard 28 times, with 238 bases in total and a .459 slugging percentage. Kim has tallied a walk 47 times while being called out on strikes on 174 occasions. He has tallied 74 runs in addition to having 85 RBIs. His on-base rate is .309 and he has a lifetime OPS of .768.

The Samsung Lions have turned 75 double plays and have a fielding rate of .983 (1st in the league). The Lions have 1,013 assists, 71 errors and have earned 3,158 putouts this season. In their 142 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 98 times and been caught 44 times (31.0% caught stealing rate).

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.425 in addition to having a FIP of 4.83 as a staff so far this season. They have a ranking of 6th in KBO as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,109. The Samsung pitching staff have surrendered 565 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.49 (525 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.08 (810 strikeouts vs 390 walks). They have allowed 125 long balls and they allow 4.83 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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