Kiwoom Heroes vs KT Wiz Prediction, 10/19/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs KT Wiz

Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (79-62, 4th in KBO) go to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, where they'll take on the KT Wiz (78-60, 3rd in KBO).

The Heroes have accrued 203 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 93 balls out of the stadium. Kiwoom is slugging .363 and have been called out on strikes 1,030 times, while getting the free base on 524 occasions. As a unit, the Kiwoom Heroes are recording 4.3 runs per outing, which puts them at 8th in baseball. They have recorded 573 RBI's in addition to 1,240 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average is .252. They are sitting with 616 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .333.

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Hye Seong Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. In his professional baseball career, Kim has slapped 19 baseballs out of the park while driving in 253 runs. For his career, he came to bat 2,626 times and has reached base with a hit 691 times. Kim has a batting average of .292 for his baseball career, in addition to 397 scored runs and an OPS of .733. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .381 and he has a total of 901 bases. He has struck out 484 times and has walked on 220 occasions, contributing to a .352 OBP.

The Kiwoom Heroes have earned 3,862 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,539 assists and 118 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .979 which has them sitting 7th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 132 double plays. The Heroes have swiped 85 bases and have been thrown out 42 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 33.1%.

The Heroes have a team earned run average of 3.81 for the season (3rd in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,001 batters. Kiwoom has surrendered 1,242 base knocks (8.7 per 9 innings) and 545 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.04 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.35. Heroes pitchers have allowed 95 long balls and 609 total runs (8th in baseball).

KT has recorded 114 long balls for the year in addition to 571 runs batted in. They have 186 two-baggers, while taking a walk 508 times and scoring 613 runs. The KT Wiz have tallied an OBP of .331 in addition to a team batting average of .255 for the year. The Wiz hold a team slugging percentage of .375 and they score 4.38 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have been rung up on 1,149 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have totaled 1,209 base knocks.

Jae-gyun Hwang is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Hwang has drawn a walk 631 times while fanning on 1,278 attempts. He has compiled 1,004 runs and also has 986 runs batted in. His on-base % is .352 and he has a career OPS of .783. He has homered 206 times, in addition to having 3,020 total bases and also a .448 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 6,745 at-bats in his career, Hwang has compiled an average at the plate of .289 in addition to having 1,950 hits.

Out of their 91 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 68 times and been caught 23 times (25.3% caught stealing rate). The KT Wiz have twisted 129 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .982 (2nd in KBO). The Wiz have racked up 1,393 assists, 95 errors and have earned a total of 3,758 putouts this season.

The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.241 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.89 as a pitching staff so far this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.93 (1,039 strikeouts vs 355 free passes). They are sitting at 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,199. They have surrendered 89 homers and they relinquish 3.89 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The KT pitching staff have surrendered 541 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 3.48 (484 earned runs conceded).

Who will win tonight's baseball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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