Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 7/9/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers

Date: Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the venue where Ji Hoon Choi and the SSG Landers (41-42, 6th in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (35-42, 8th in KBO) on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

Lotte has a slugging % of .426 and have struck out 606 times, while being walked on 267 occasions. They have compiled 411 runs batted in in addition to 798 base knocks this season, and their team batting average is at .282. The Giants have hit 160 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 65 balls out of the park. They have tallied 443 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .349. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are scoring 5.5 runs per contest, which ranks them 2nd in the league.

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Dong Hee Yoon is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Yoon has a batting average of .291 for his baseball career, with 108 runs scored and an OPS of .739. He has fanned 125 times and earned a walk on 66 occasions, which has contributed to a .351 on-base %. In his professional baseball career, Yoon has hit 7 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 82 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .388 and he has racked up 268 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 771 times and also came through with a hit 201 times.

The Lotte Giants have amassed 2,118 putouts on the year, in addition to 797 assists and 58 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them ranked 5th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 85 double plays. The Giants have stolen 56 bases and have been caught 26 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 31.7%.

The Giants hold a team earned run average of 5.14 on the season (8th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 600 hitters. Lotte has conceded 806 base knocks (10.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 403 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.03 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.56. Giants pitchers have surrendered 77 home runs and 433 total runs (7th in KBO).

SSG has 78 home runs for the year to go along with 403 RBIs. They have recorded 131 two-baggers, while walking 296 times and earning 422 runs. The SSG Landers have accumulated an on-base percentage of .346 as well as a batting average of .272 over the course of the season. The Landers hold a team slugging percentage of .404 and they score 5.02 runs per outing (8th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 632 occasions (4th in the league) and have accounted for 792 hits.

Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter who should impact this game for SSG. Choi has drawn a walk 208 times while fanning on 332 plate appearances. His OBP comes in at .338 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .712. During the 2,286 at-bats in his career, Choi is sitting with a batting avereage of .273 in addition to 625 base knocks. He has compiled 357 runs and notched 195 runs batted in. He has gone deep 24 times, as well as 855 bases in total and a .374 slugging percentage.

The SSG Landers have turned 67 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .976 (9th in KBO). The Landers have recorded 765 assists, 72 errors and have amassed 2,220 putouts for the year. Out of their 103 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 73 times and been caught 30 times (29.1% caught stealing percentage).

The Landers have a WHIP of 1.543 and have a FIP of 5.78 as a pitching staff this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.92 (712 strikeouts against 370 walks). They come in at 10th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 772. They have allowed 94 homers and they concede 5.78 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO). The SSG pitching staff have surrendered 475 runs this year while having a team ERA of 5.23 (430 earned runs surrendered).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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