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Today, I'll be providing my KBO DFS lineup picks and analysis for this five-game slate on DraftKings and FanDuel that locks at 5:30 AM on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. You can check our daily KBO Betting Picks as well. Make sure you are also following me @efhatch1990dfs on Twitter, and good luck RotoBallers!
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KBO DFS Pitchers
Casey Kelly (LG) -265
$8.8 K Draftkings, $24 Fanduel
Coming in as the highest favored pitcher on the slate I expect Kelly to be massive chalk tomorrow as this is a really weak slate for pitching, and I’ll be right there with them. Kelly is the perfect mix of the high floor and ceiling I’m looking for in GPPs and cash games. Without looking at SK’s numbers Kelly really stands out with the highest K% on the slate so far this season and being such a heavy favorite.
His last two games have been outlier performances that kind of even out his stats he had an immaculate game against HAN two starts ago then got destroyed by SAM the last outing giving up eight earned runs and his first home run of the year.
Now SK is just a step above HAN versus right-handed pitching, HAN is last and SK is 9th in the league in almost all the categories for batting, SK is striking out at a 20.3% clip. I’m not expecting 10 strikeouts again, but I‘m thinking he can go his usual six innings, get 5-8 strikeouts, even if he does give up an earned run or two and I’ll take that.
Young Gun Jo (KIW) -129
$5.4 K Draftkings, $25 FanDuel
This is strictly a Draftkings play as I said in the Kelly blurb this is a really weak pitching slate as the high salaries have bad matchups or are on the most mixed-up team in the league I don’t trust much passed Kelly so in cash I may punt with the man with one of the greatest god-given names out there YOUNG GUN Jo and just hope he gets me 10 to 12 points and load up on bats. He is just 21 years old and we don’t really know what kind of a pitcher he really is just yet. His first start wasn’t great by any means but the Lions have been struggling after putting a few wins together. This is mostly a price play for SP2 on DK.
Tae In Won (SAM) +107
$7.1K Draftkings, $26 FanDuel
Coming in as the smallest underdog I don’t mind going to Won, I don’t like him for cash being an underdog but he could be a good SP2 for GPPs. He has actually had some difficult matchups this season but has still managed to have a 3-1 record.
Facing Kiwoom is not ideal but some positives are that Kiwoom is striking out at the third-highest clip against righties so Jo may be able to get one or two as he is not a strikeout pitcher so far, they are also middle of the pack in most stats against his handedness.
Won is not a strikeout pitcher but he has been eating innings this year going 7, 8, and 7 respectively in his last 3 outings. If he can navigate this offense that has some power in the middle of the order but not much else he should able to cruise to a good start its just getting the win may be hard.
Other Options:
For cash, I can see using Yang/Saupold with Kelly if you want and have the salary but I don’t see Saupold winning with how crazy that organization is right now and Yang just got destroyed by KT the last time they met (which I had him everywhere) if anything I wouldn’t mind using Yang in GPP just because of the pitcher he is, in 2019 he had a 2.29 EAR, 1.07 WHIP, 22.3% strikeout rate, and a 4.5% BB rate making him one of the top pitchers in the league last year.
KBO Top Hitter Stacks
For those of you knew to KBO, there are two teams you almost always want to stack, first NC Dino and Doosan on the road. Well, tonight we have Doosan at NC and its, of course, the highest total game on the slate and I like both sides. I will probably game stack this in GPP tonight and I only play one lineup - boom or bust, baby!
NC Dinos
The Dinos are first in the league and are just crushing everyone in sight, they get to face a young 19 yr old kid making his debut in the KBO tomorrow morning. Let’s throw in the fact that Doosan has a dumpster fire for a bullpen, though they are trying to improve through some trades, and this is just a prime spot for them, Altherr was struggling and he now seems to be picking it up as well as Kang. NCD should be able to push the youngster off the mound fairly quickly and that should bring out the bad bullpen arms if they even have any good ones in Doosan. Also, I’d be remiss if I didn’t at least mention the ESPN narrative that my buddy Matt in the Premium Slack has been talking about all weekend. I don't have exact numbers but the Dinos especially Sung Bum Na has been crushing when on ESPN something like 59 runs in 7 games?
Main Targets:
- Sung Bum Na
- Jin Sung Kang
- Aaron Altherr
- Jin Hyuk No
Secondary
- Eui Ji Yang
- Min Woo Park
Doosan Bears
Doosan on the other side of this game is facing a lefty in Hyeong Jun So that just got beat up by SK in his first start of the year, he also made one relief appearance and gave a home run in each game not even getting through 4 innings in either game. Doosan is not that great against lefties but we can let people play the popular names and we can play the guys that hit lefties in a good spot on the road.
Main Targets:
- Jose Fernandez
- Se Hyuk Park actually leads the team in OPS at 1.192 in 11 AB, if he starts he could be sneaky
- Jae Ho Kim
- Jae Il Oh
Secondary
- I’ll put Jae Hwan Kim down here. He's been hitting lefties decent but has a 40% strikeout rate as well.
Kia Tigers
Kia is going up against an 18-year-old rookie who had a surprisingly great start against Doosan last time out, but that won't scare me away from stacking against him with a 5.34 ERA he is third-highest on the slate and has given up 1.43 home runs per nine already this is a great spot for the Tigers. Tucker will lead the way for a team hitting righties at .294 average and has a team OPS of .797. Kia has already faced this pitcher once and had two dingers against So. Tucker has four homers off right-handers as does Ji Wan Na and Seung Taek Han.
Main Targets:
- Preston Tucker
- Ji Wan Na
- Seung Taek Han (if starting)
- Hyung Woo Choi
Secondary Targets:
- Sun Bin Kim
- Ho Ryung Kim, if starting
Other DFS Stacks
- HAN, if you wait for there line up, are actually in a good spot verse Sampson if their new skipper can put something together and they all rally. Hoying being a top option if he plays.
- KT power bats (middle of the order guys with HR upside)
Good luck in your DFS contests everyone. Be sure to stop back every day for some more KBO DFS analysis here at RotoBaller!
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