KT Wiz vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 7/23/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Saturday, July 23, 2022

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Jae-gyun Hwang and the KT Wiz (44-38, 4th in KBO) go to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Saturday, July 23, 2022, where they'll take on the Hanwha Eagles (25-59, 10th in KBO).

The Wiz have accumulated 109 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 69 balls out of the park. KT is slugging .373 and have struck out 686 times, while being walked on 306 occasions. As a team, the KT Wiz are putting up 4.3 runs/g, which has them sitting at 5th in baseball. They have earned 336 runs batted in in addition to 719 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average comes in at .254. They have 362 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .331.

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Jae-gyun Hwang is a batter who can be a difference maker for KT. In his career, Hwang has hit 201 balls out of the park while driving in 964 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .451 and he has racked up 2,941 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 7,315 times and has come through with a base hit 1,896 times. He has been struck out 1,232 times and earned a walk on 609 occasions, contributing to a .353 on-base percentage. Hwang has recorded a batting average of .290 in his time in baseball, in addition to 976 scored runs and an OPS of .791.

The KT Wiz have accounted for 2,261 putouts for the season, as well as 836 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .983 which puts them in 1st in Korean baseball and have 77 double plays. The Wiz have stolen 45 bases and have been thrown out 13 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 22.4%.

The Wiz are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.55 so far this year (2nd in baseball), and their staff has rung up 641 batters. KT has given up 730 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 297 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.16 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.24. Wiz pitchers have relinquished 50 home runs and also 333 runs (9th in baseball).

Hanwha has 58 home runs on the campaign as well as 312 RBIs. They have notched 112 doubles, while taking a walk 283 times and racking up 337 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have a team on-base percentage of .315 in addition to a batting average of .243 over the course of the season. The Eagles have a team slugging percentage of .355 and they are recording 3.96 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have been rung up on 791 instances (1st in the league) and have a total of 697 hits.

Eun-won Jung is a batter who should impact this game for Hanwha. Jung has recorded a walk 262 times while striking out on 365 chances. He has compiled 271 runs and has 178 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .359 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .730. He has homered 26 times, with 675 total bases and a .371 slugging %. During the 1,821 official at-bats in his professional career, Jung has hit .267 in addition to 486 hits.

Of their 93 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 61 times and been caught 32 times (34.4% caught stealing rate). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 70 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .972 (10th in KBO). The Eagles have 861 assists, 89 errors and have notched a total of 2,218 putouts so far this season.

The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 465 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 5.07 (416 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 65 long balls and they relinquish 5.66 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball). The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.522 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.66 as a squad so far this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.63 (550 strikeouts against 337 bases on balls). They are sitting at 2nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 788.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take KT

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