SSG Landers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 6/28/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, June 28, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the site where Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (43-36, 4th in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (39-38, 5th in KBO) on Friday, June 28, 2024.

SSG has a slugging % of .409 and have struck out 586 times, while being walked on 287 occasions. They have tallied 385 RBI's and 744 base knocks so far this season, and their batting average sits at .275. The Landers have accounted for 122 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 74 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 404 runs while holding a team OBP of .352. As a team, the SSG Landers are knocking in 5.2 runs per game, which is 7th in the league.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for SSG. In his pro baseball career, Choi has drilled 23 balls over the fence while knocking in 193 runs. His slugging percentage is .374 and he has accumulated 848 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 2,554 times and got on base with a hit 621 times. He has been struck out 330 times and has been walked on 207 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .339 on-base percentage. Choi has hit .274 for his time in baseball, with 355 runs scored and an OPS of .713.

The SSG Landers have amassed 2,067 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 724 assists and 64 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .978 which puts them in 9th in Korean baseball and have earned 60 double plays. The Landers have swiped 67 bases and have been thrown out 29 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 30.2%.

The Landers have an earned run average of 5.28 so far this year (9th in the league), and they have struck out 661 hitters. Landers pitchers have conceded 87 home runs and also 442 runs in total (2nd in baseball). SSG has given up 717 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) as well as 404 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.88 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.55.

The Doosan Bears hold an OBP of .347 as well as a batting average of .281 this season. They have struck out on 575 occasions (6th in baseball) and have earned 787 base hits. Doosan has compiled 82 home runs for the season as well as 413 RBIs. The Bears hold a team SLG% of .427 and they earn 5.41 runs per outing (4th in baseball). They hit 136 two-baggers, while taking a walk 266 times as well as earning 438 runs.

Soo Bin Jung is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. Over the course of the 5,041 at-bats in his pro career, Jung has accumulated a batting average of .279 with 1,406 base hits. He has gone yard 35 times, with 1,875 bases in total and a .372 slugging percentage. Jung has recorded a free base 506 times while striking out on 740 plate appearances. He has amassed 875 runs in addition to having earned 519 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .351 and he holds a career OPS of .723.

Of their 69 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 53 times and been caught 16 times (23.2% caught stealing rate). The Doosan Bears have turned 65 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in the league). The Bears have accrued 727 assists, 56 errors and have amassed 2,181 putouts so far this year.

The Doosan pitching staff have given up 409 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 4.53 (366 earned runs yielded). They have given up 75 dingers and they concede 5.06 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Bears have a WHIP of 1.503 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.06 as a unit so far this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.81 (587 strikeouts against 325 bases on balls). They come in at 2nd in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 768.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take SSG

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