Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers Prediction, 4/1/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers
Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023
Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea
TV: SBS
Incheon SSG Landers Field is the venue where Ji Hoon Choi and the SSG Landers (88-52, 1st in KBO last year) will take on the Kia Tigers (70-73, 4th in KBO last season) on Saturday, April 1, 2023.
The Tigers earned 250 two-baggers as a team and knocked 113 balls out of the park. Kia had a slugging % of .398 and were rung up 983 times, while getting the free base on 542 occasions. As a squad, the Kia Tigers compiled 5.0 runs/g, which put them at 1st in KBO. They accumulated 677 runs batted in in addition to 1,361 hits in the previous season, and their team batting average was .272. They earned a total of 720 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .349.
Sung Bum Na is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Na has a batting average of .313 for his career, with 906 runs scored and an OPS of .915. He has fanned 1,199 times and has taken a walk on 429 at-bats, contributing to a .381 OBP. In his pro baseball career, Na has drilled 233 balls out of the park while knocking in 927 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .534 and he has totaled 2,577 bases. For his career, he stepped up to the plate 5,412 times and has come through with a base knock 1,510 times.
The Tigers swiped 64 bases and were gunned down 41 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage came in at 39.0%. The Kia Tigers had a total of 3,839 putouts for the prior year, in addition to 1,378 assists and 107 errors. Their fielding rate was at .980 which ranked 4th in the league and they turned 111 double plays.
The Tigers had a team ERA of 4.20 over the course of last year (5th in baseball), and their staff struck out 1,042 hitters. Tigers pitchers allowed 120 home runs and 679 total runs (5th in the league). Kia conceded 1,286 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and 597 earned runs. They had a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.98 and the pitching staff had a team WHIP of 1.42.
The Landers had a team slugging percentage of .396 and they scored 5.00 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have recorded 242 two-baggers, while walking 530 times as well as putting up 720 runs. SSG recorded 138 long balls in the previous season and 682 runs batted in. They struck out on 1,075 occasions (3rd in baseball) and tallied 1,245 hits. The SSG Landers had a team OBP of .336 and a team batting average of .254 in the prior season.
Ji Hoon Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Choi has drawn a free base 136 times while striking out on 228 plate appearances. He has amassed 234 runs and also has 133 RBIs. His on-base % is .342 and he has earned a career OPS of .718. He has gone deep 16 times, as well as 562 total bases and a .376 slugging percentage. For the 1,496 official at-bats in his pro career, Choi is sitting with a batting avereage of .277 with 414 base knocks.
The SSG Landers twisted 138 double plays and held a fielding percentage of .980 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Landers racked up 1,455 assists, 109 errors and accounted for 3,904 putouts for the previous season. Of their 138 attempts at swiping a bag, they were successful 107 times and were caught 31 times (22.5% caught stealing rate).
The Landers finished with a team WHIP of 1.291 and had a FIP of 4.30 as a unit for the previous season. They ranked 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,223. The SSG pitching staff yielded 622 runs for the previous season while having an ERA of 3.87 (560 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio sat at 2.24 (1,023 strikeouts against 457 bases on balls). They gave up 130 HR's and they surrendered 4.30 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league).
Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG
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