Korean Baseball Best Bets 6/17/22 - KBO Picks & Predictions

Starting off the weekend series is the word of the day for the KBO on Friday. Look for the games to be interesting as the new series start and every game on Thursday staying under 8 runs total.

KIA Tigers vs Samsung Lions, KIA -165 ;  O/U 

The Tigers played the Bears team and ended up getting a win by a score of 4-2. With Samsung the Lions played the Twins and lost by a score of 2-1. The Tigers are sitting on at 33-28-1 record. The Lions have a 30-33-0 record. The Tigers are hitting at a clip of .268 with 57 homers and a team ERA of 4.02. The pitching for the Tigers is Yang Heyon-jong and he is 6-2 with a 2.45 ERA. The Lions  are putting Won Tae-in on the mound and he is 3-3 with a 3.03 ERA. The Lions  are hitting at a clip of .258 on the year and have 37 homers and have a team ERA of 3.72. The game here should be a good back and forth game, but the Lions are coming in with a better pitching group, but the better starter from KIA and the better power and hitting will lead to the Tigers securing the win here.

KBO Free Pick: KIA Tigers -165

Kiwoom Heroes vs LG Twins, KIW -141 ; O/U 

The Twins for their last game played the Lions and ended up playing to a win by a score of 2-1. For Kiwoom the team played the Doosan club and ended up winning by a score of 6-2. The Twins are sitting on at 36-27-1 record. The Heroes  have a 38-25-1 record. The Heroes  are hitting at a clip of .243 with 44 homers and a team ERA of 3.43. The pitching for the Heroes is An Woo-jin and he is 7-4 with a 2.61 ERA. The Twins are putting Kim Yun-sik on the mound and he is 2-3 with a 4.39 ERA. The Twins are hitting at a clip of .264 on the year and have 49 homers and have a team ERA of 3.71. The game here is one that features the second and third place teams. Still, the Twins are hitting better, but the pitching is a little bit worse. To make it worse for LG is the fact that the Twins starting pitcher is not that good compared to the starter from Kiwoom. Look for the Kiwoom starter to keep the Twins offense in check and secure the win here. 

KBO Free Pick: Kiwoom Heroes -141