SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 9/8/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Sunday, September 8, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: TVING

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (57-63, 7th in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (59-67, 8th in KBO) on Sunday, September 8, 2024.

SSG is slugging .410 and have been rung up 966 times, while taking a walk on 423 occasions. They have earned 621 runs batted in in addition to 1,186 base knocks for the season, and their average at the plate is at .270. The Landers have earned 200 two-baggers as a team and have hit 127 balls out of the park. They have earned 648 runs and have an on-base percentage of .341. As a unit, the SSG Landers are notching 5.1 runs per outing, which has them at 9th in KBO.

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Guillermo Heredia is a batter who can be a difference maker for SSG. For his pro baseball career, Heredia has slapped 85 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 478 runs. His slugging percentage is .404 and he has accumulated 1,638 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 4,647 times and also came through with a base hit 1,131 times. He has gone down on strikes 690 times and has taken a walk on 399 at-bats, contributing to a .357 OBP. Heredia has earned a batting average of .279 in his time in baseball, with 642 scored runs and an OPS of .761.

The SSG Landers have accumulated 3,344 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,178 assists and 111 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .976 which ranks 9th in the league and have 113 double plays. The Landers have stolen 108 bases and have been caught 37 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 25.5%.

The Landers hold a team earned run average of 5.41 on the season (10th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,035 hitters. Landers pitchers have relinquished 148 long balls in addition to 739 runs (1st in KBO). SSG has conceded 1,195 base knocks (9.7 per 9 innings) and 670 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.85 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.57.

Lotte has accounted for 113 home runs for the season to go along with 652 RBIs. They hit 244 doubles, while taking a walk 416 times and putting up 691 runs. The Lotte Giants hold a team OBP of .350 in addition to a team batting average of .283 on the season. The Giants hold a team slugging percentage of .431 and they average 5.62 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have been rung up on 932 occasions (7th in the league) and have totaled 1,233 base knocks.

Victor Reyes is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Reyes has drawn a walk 336 times while striking out on 955 occasions. His OBP is .340 and he also has a career OPS of .753. For the 5,004 at-bats in his professional career, Reyes has hit .295 with 1,475 hits. He has tallied 707 runs in addition to having 653 runs batted in. He has hit it out of the park 81 times, as well as 2,067 bases in total and also a .413 slugging percentage.

Out of their 110 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 78 times and been caught 32 times (29.1% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 127 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in the league). The Giants have racked up 1,233 assists, 103 errors and have a tally of 3,272 putouts over the course of the season.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.530 and have a FIP of 5.50 as a team on the year. They have a ranking of 6th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,211. The Lotte pitching staff have given up 666 runs this season while having an ERA of 5.03 (609 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.11 (965 strikeouts against 457 walks). They have given up 123 dingers and they concede 5.50 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG

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