SSG Landers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 9/23/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Monday, September 23, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (69-66, 4th in KBO) will take on the SSG Landers (66-68, 6th in KBO) on Monday, September 23, 2024.

SSG is slugging .418 and have struck out 1,034 times, while getting the free base on 450 occasions. They have compiled 675 runs batted in in addition to 1,291 hits on the year, while their batting average is .274. The Landers have tallied 223 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 140 balls out of the park. They have racked up 706 runs and have an on-base percentage of .343. As a team, the SSG Landers are notching 5.2 runs/g, which puts them at 9th in the league.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for SSG. For his pro baseball career, Choi has hit 29 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 210 runs. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 2,722 times and has reached base with a hit 665 times. Choi has earned a batting average of .274 in his time in baseball, in addition to 385 runs scored and an OPS of .717. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .380 in addition to earning 922 bases. He has fanned 348 times and earned a walk on 213 at-bats, contributing to a .337 on-base percentage.

The SSG Landers have a total of 3,596 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,266 assists and 114 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .977 which is 8th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 120 double plays. The Landers have stolen 115 bases and have been thrown out 38 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 24.8%.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.87 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.56. Landers pitchers have allowed 156 home runs and 782 runs in total (1st in KBO). SSG has given up 1,276 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and 709 earned runs. The Landers hold a team earned run average of 5.33 so far this season (10th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 1,115 batters.

Doosan has compiled 140 HRs on the season to go along with 701 runs batted in. They have hit 231 two-baggers, while taking a walk 486 times and scoring 744 runs. The Doosan Bears have tallied a team OBP of .350 and a batting average of .277 for the year. The Bears hold a slugging % of .423 and they tally 5.43 runs per game (5th in the league). They have struck out on 1,034 occasions (5th in baseball) and have recorded 1,312 base hits.

Soo Bin Jung is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. Over the course of the 5,255 at-bats in his pro career, Jung has an average at the plate of .280 and has racked up 1,470 base hits. He has gone deep 36 times, with 1,954 total bases and a .372 slugging percentage. Jung has drawn a walk 540 times while going down on strikes on 774 tries. He has accrued 909 runs and racked up 542 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .353 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .725.

The Doosan Bears have turned 107 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Bears have racked up 1,209 assists, 82 errors and have accumulated 3,668 putouts on the campaign. Of their 124 tries at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 96 times and been caught 28 times (22.6% caught stealing percentage).

The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.497 and have a FIP of 5.26 as a squad for the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.84 (1,032 strikeouts vs 560 walks). They come in at 10th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,270. They have surrendered 128 home runs and they concede 5.26 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball). The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 715 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 4.83 (656 earned runs given up).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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