Christopher Day 
KBO Matchups
HAN @ KTW
LG @ SAM
LOT @ KIA
NCD @ DOO
SK @ KIW
Pitching Primer
Hyeong Jun So, KTW ($7,500 DK / $25 FD)
The 18-year-old rookie is coming into his third startof his KBO career. Posting a 2-0 record on the season thus far, he’s carrying an8% strikeout percentage (yikes) but bolsters a tremendous 2% walk rate to go alongsidehis 3.18 ERA and 0 homeruns allowed. Am I listing him as the best pitcheravailable because of his strikeout rate? Absolutely not. But what he does haveis a great matchup: Hanwha is 5th in the KBO in total strikeouts as a team (98)so the opportunities will be there. In addition, So’s opponent ranks 8th in theKBO in OPB (.322) and OPS (.667). His price on both sites is affordable and I’mbanking on a QS and W for the rookie phenom.
Hyun-hee Han, KIW ($7,700 DK / $24 FD)
A pitcher I am not too excited about, Han is the best ofthe worst options on the KBO slate. His numbers thus far aren’t stellar: 4.09ERA, 1.55 WHIP, 4.12 FIP, and 6.1% walk rate, but his strikeout numbers (22.4%)are good enough for me to chase the upside versus a slumping SKW squad, whoalso just happen to lead the KBO in strikeouts (104) as a team.
GPP options: Min-ho Lee (LG), Seung-won Moon (SKW)
Notes
For the first time all season, none of the arms on the KBO slate stick out to me. There isn’t one with tremendous strikeout upside to offer a safe floor, nor do the ones in good matchups have the upside we like to exploit. Seung-won Moon is fairly interesting to me as a GPP option since he has the highest strikeout upside on the slate but faces a KIW lineup that can put up runs, but also seem to struggle at times, so who knows which one we will see tonight. Ownership seems to fairly spread out at the time of writing so look for some updates in Discord.
Batting Stacks
KTW
I’m hoping they come in lower owned than the previous two KBO slates with Ee Whan Kim’s numbers looking decent on the surface. However, the 19-year-old Hanwha pitcher has been extremely lucky, with both his two previous opponents, KIW and LOT, leaving a ton of batters on base; Kim is posting a stellar 1.64 ERA but has an inflated 4.3 FIP to showcase that. KTW comes in red hot and won’t let him get away with it in this one.
Top options: Baek-Ho Kang (1B/OF), Mel Rojas Jr. (OF), Woo Jun Sim(SS), Min Hyeok Kim (2B/OF), Jae Gyun Hwang (3B), Sun Woo Jang (C).
LOT
The preseason favorite to be one of the worst teams in the KBO came out of the gates flying, but have since stumbled, losing their past 3 games. Tonight, they get the juiciest matchup on the slate versus Ki Young Im, who has been an outright disaster: 0-2, 5.63 ERA, 10 HA in 7.3 innings. I like LOT’s chances at bouncing back tonight after being shut out yesterday.
Top options: Jun Woo Jean (OF), Ah Seop Son (OF), Dixon Machado(2B/SS), Dae Ho Lee (1B), Chi Hong An (2B)
LG
I love the Twins’ upside for HRs tonight just as much as I love their MLB counterpart’s during an MLB season. While Roberto Ramos is no Nelson Cruz, he is in the KBO, leading the league with 6 HRs and posts a stellar .395/.500/.907 slash line. Tae-in Won, the opposing pitcher, has been a dumpster fire early in the season, allowing 13 hits, 7 ER, 2 HR and 6 walks in his two starts to go along with a 5.73 ERA and 1.82 WHIP. This is probably my favorite 3-man stack on both sites tonight.
Top Options: Roberto Ramos (1B), Hyun Soo Kim (OF), Eun Sung Chae(OF)
Honorable Mention Stack: KIA Tigers
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