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Doosan Bears (4-2) at Lotte Giants (5-1)
Wednesday, May 13, 5:30 AM EDT
Projected Starters
RHP Lee Young-ha (1-0, 1.42 ERA) vs RHP Seo Jun-won (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Note: Korean names are transliterated differently by different sources. The spellings used here are those used by Dream11 in order to make it easier to assemble a lineup on that site.
Game Preview
The Bears handed the Giants their first loss of the season in the series opener, scoring early and often in an 11-6 victory. A pair of young righties will take the mound in Wednesday's contest. The Bears will go with 22-year-old Lee Young-ha. After two fairly unimpressive seasons to start his career, he looked quite good last season, posting a 3.64 ERA and a 1.28 WHIP while winning 17 games for the eventual champions. He held the Twins to two runs (one earned) in 6.1 innings in his season debut. 19-year-old Seo Jun-won will take the hill for the Giants. He had a strong season debut against the Wiz, allowing just one unearned run in six innings of work, but his larger sample of 97 innings as a rookie last season doesn't inspire much confidence. Batters hit .297 off him in 2019 as he struck out just 13.5 percent of them en route to a 5.47 ERA.
Injuries
Lee Dae-ho, Giants - Day-To-Day - Head
Lee was removed from Tuesday's 11-6 loss to Doosan in the third inning after experiencing dizziness. Serving as Lotte's cleanup hitter, Lee supplied a
Doosan Bears (4-2) at Lotte Giants (5-1)
Wednesday, May 13, 5:30 AM EDT
Projected Starters
RHP Lee Young-ha (1-0, 1.42 ERA) vs RHP Seo Jun-won (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Note: Korean names are transliterated differently by different sources. The spellings used here are those used by Dream11 in order to make it easier to assemble a lineup on that site.
Game Preview
The Bears handed the Giants their first loss of the season in the series opener, scoring early and often in an 11-6 victory. A pair of young righties will take the mound in Wednesday's contest. The Bears will go with 22-year-old Lee Young-ha. After two fairly unimpressive seasons to start his career, he looked quite good last season, posting a 3.64 ERA and a 1.28 WHIP while winning 17 games for the eventual champions. He held the Twins to two runs (one earned) in 6.1 innings in his season debut. 19-year-old Seo Jun-won will take the hill for the Giants. He had a strong season debut against the Wiz, allowing just one unearned run in six innings of work, but his larger sample of 97 innings as a rookie last season doesn't inspire much confidence. Batters hit .297 off him in 2019 as he struck out just 13.5 percent of them en route to a 5.47 ERA.
Injuries
Lee Dae-ho, Giants - Day-To-Day - Head
Lee was removed from Tuesday's 11-6 loss to Doosan in the third inning after experiencing dizziness. Serving as Lotte's cleanup hitter, Lee supplied a base hit in his lone at-bat before exiting the contest, with Shin Bon-gi coming on to replace him. After departing the game, Lee was sent to the hospital as a precaution, but medical tests revealed nothing concerning. Lee could be back in the lineup Wednesday for the second game of the series with the Bears.
Bears Expected Lineup
P Lee Young-ha
1. Park Kun-woo
3. Oh Jae-il
4. Kim Jae-hwan
5. Choi Joo-hwan
6. Kim Jae-ho
7. Park Se-hyuk
8. Hur Kyoung-min
9. Jung Soo-bin
Giants Expected Lineup
P Seo Jun-won
1. Min Byung-hun
2. Jeon Jun-woo
3. Son Ah-seop
4. Lee Dae-ho
5. An Chi-hong
6. Jung Hoon
8. Han Dong-hee
9. Jung Bo-geun
Top Picks
Lee Young-ha, Bears: The decision at pitcher in this contest could be a difficult one if the pitchers had similar price tags, but Lee coming in 5.5 credits cheaper makes this an easy one. While both pitchers looked good last week and both offenses have started strong, Lee looked far better over a much larger sample last season, as did the Bears' lineup.
Kim Jae-hwan, Bears: The Bears are loaded with excellent hitters, but they're justifiably expensive enough that you can't include all of them. Jose Fernandez's steep 18-credit price tag is quite difficult to find a place for, making Kim and his 1.315 OPS perhaps the best captain choice given his relatively modest price of 14.5 credits.
An Chi-hong, Giants: An may be the best captain option for those building a Giants-centric lineup. The team's number three hitter owns an unimpressive .240 batting average so far this season, but he's hit .315 or better in three straight seasons and occupies a key spot in the batting order.
Kim Jae-ho, Bears: The high prices of the top hitters in this matchup mean you'll need to search for some bargains to round out your squad. Kim fits that bill well, as he's off to a hot start this season, hitting .417 through his first six games
Captaincy Options
1. Kim Jae-hwan
2. Oh Jae-il
3. An Chi-hong
Dream11 Team
P Lee Young-ha
C Jung Bo-geun
IF Oh Jae-il (VC)
IF An Chi-hong
IF Kim Jae-ho
OF Kim Jae-hwan
OF Jung Hoon
OF Jung Soo-bin
