Kiwoom Heroes vs KT Wiz Prediction, 7/27/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs KT Wiz

Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the venue where ByungHo Park and the KT Wiz (46-39, 4th in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (56-33, 2nd in KBO) on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.

As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are scoring 4.3 runs per outing, which is 5th in the league. They have notched a total of 383 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .335. The Heroes have hit 130 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 58 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 354 RBI's as well as 763 base knocks on the year, and their batting average comes in at .249. Kiwoom has a slugging rate of .362 and have struck out 667 times, while being walked on 345 occasions.

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Jung Hoo Lee is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Lee has an average at the plate of .340 for his baseball career, with 491 scored runs and an OPS of .891. He has fanned 269 times and has gotten a free base on 313 occasions, which contributes in part to a .406 on-base %. For his career, Lee has hit 50 baseballs out of the park while driving in 418 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .485 in addition to having tallied 1,417 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to bat 3,311 times and also came through with a hit 992 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes are sitting with 2,441 putouts this year, in addition to 980 assists and 69 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them ranked 4th in KBO and they have turned 81 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 47 bases and have been gunned down 24 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 33.8%.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.18 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.23. Heroes pitchers have yielded 52 home runs and 330 runs in total (10th in KBO). Kiwoom has surrendered 707 base knocks (7.8 per 9 innings) and 292 earned runs. The Heroes have an earned run average of 3.23 so far this year (1st in the league), and their staff has struck out 639 batters.

The Wiz have a team slugging percentage of .372 and they have an average of 4.25 runs per game (6th in baseball). They have 114 doubles, while walking 321 times and scoring 370 runs. KT has accumulated 69 long balls for the season to go along with 344 RBIs. They have been rung up on 715 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have accounted for 746 base knocks. The KT Wiz have accumulated an on-base percentage of .332 and a batting average of .255 on the season.

ByungHo Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. In the 5,148 at-bats in his pro career, Park has compiled an average at the plate of .271 and has racked up 1,396 base hits. He has gone deep 377 times, as well as 2,785 total bases and a .541 slugging percentage. Park has recorded a free base 734 times while going down on strikes on 1,551 tries. He has scored 932 runs and also has 1,100 runs batted in. His on-base % is .373 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .876.

In their 59 tries at getting a steal, they have been successful 46 times and been caught 13 times (22.0% caught stealing rate). The KT Wiz have twisted 79 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (1st in Korean baseball). The Wiz have accrued 863 assists, 54 errors and are sitting with 2,333 putouts on the season.

The KT pitching staff have surrendered 345 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 3.57 (308 earned runs allowed). They have surrendered 54 homers and they concede 3.99 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO). The Wiz are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.249 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.99 as a team over the course of the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 3.17 (666 strikeouts against 210 bases on balls). They are sitting at 4th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 761.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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