SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 6/19/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Guillermo Heredia and the SSG Landers (36-33, 5th in KBO) head to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, where they'll meet the Samsung Lions (38-31, 4th in KBO).

SSG is slugging .410 and have been called out on strikes 535 times, while drawing a walk on 248 occasions. They have accumulated 347 runs batted in and 668 hits on the campaign, while their batting average is at .274. The Landers have hit 108 doubles as a squad and have knocked 68 balls out of the park. They have earned 363 runs and have an OBP of .349. As a squad, the SSG Landers are scoring 5.2 runs per outing, which is 6th in KBO.

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Guillermo Heredia is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for SSG. Heredia has recorded a batting average of .276 for his time in baseball, with 613 scored runs and an OPS of .756. He has fanned 659 times and has walked on 390 at-bats, contributing to a .356 OBP. In his pro baseball career, Heredia has slapped 78 balls out of the park while driving in 430 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .400 and he has accumulated 1,534 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 4,416 times and has come through with a hit 1,059 times.

The SSG Landers have notched a total of 1,857 putouts so far this season, in addition to 644 assists and 60 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .977 which ranks 9th in Korean baseball and they have turned 56 double plays. The Landers have stolen 63 bases and have been thrown out 28 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 30.8%.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.87 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.53. Landers pitchers have surrendered 69 home runs and also 386 runs in total (2nd in baseball). SSG has allowed 638 hits (9.3 per 9 innings) as well as 350 earned runs. The Landers have an earned run average of 5.09 on the year (9th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 583 hitters.

The Lions have a team slugging percentage of .409 and they average 4.94 runs per contest (9th in KBO). They have put up 111 two-baggers, while getting a free base 251 times as well as putting up 346 runs. Samsung has recorded 73 long balls for the year as well as 328 runs batted in. They have struck out on 558 occasions (2nd in KBO) and have a total of 654 hits. The Samsung Lions have compiled an on-base percentage of .345 and a team batting average of .268 this year.

Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Koo has drawn a free base 446 times while going down on strikes on 879 tries. He has compiled 827 runs and has 722 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .382 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .884. He has hit a home run 146 times, with 2,244 bases in total and a .502 slugging %. In the 4,471 at-bats in his baseball career, Koo has accrued an average at the plate of .316 in addition to having 1,411 hits.

The Samsung Lions have turned 46 double plays and have a fielding rate of .983 (1st in Korean baseball). The Lions have racked up 594 assists, 43 errors and have accumulated 1,881 putouts so far this year. In their 92 chances at stealing a base, they have made it 67 times and been caught 25 times (27.2% caught stealing rate).

The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.461 with a FIP of 5.00 as a team so far this season. They are sitting at 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 665. The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 348 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 4.67 (325 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.95 (489 strikeouts against 251 bases on balls). They have surrendered 73 long balls and they surrender 5.00 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take SSG

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