KT Wiz vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 10/22/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Saturday, October 22, 2022

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SBS SPORTS

Gocheok Sky Dome is the venue where Sung Mun Song and the Kiwoom Heroes (79-62, 4th in KBO) will play the KT Wiz (78-60, 3rd in KBO) on Saturday, October 22, 2022.

The Wiz have hit 186 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 114 balls out of the park. KT has a slugging rate of .375 and have struck out 1,149 times, while getting the free base on 508 occasions. As a unit, the KT Wiz are earning 4.4 runs/g, which has them sitting at 7th in the league. They have accrued 571 runs batted in in addition to 1,209 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .255. They have racked up 613 runs while having a team OBP of .331.

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Jeong-dae Bae is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. In his professional baseball career, Bae has hit 32 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 200 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to the plate 1,992 times and has reached base with a hit 455 times. Bae has hit .261 for his career in baseball, with 271 scored runs and an OPS of .711. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .368 and he has racked up 640 bases. He has struck out 463 times and has been walked on 199 at-bats, which has contributed to a .343 OBP.

The KT Wiz have a total of 3,758 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,393 assists and 95 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .982 which has them sitting 2nd in KBO and they have turned 129 double plays. The Wiz have stolen 68 bases and have been gunned down 23 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 25.3%.

The Wiz are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.48 on the season (2nd in KBO), and their staff has struck out 1,039 hitters. KT has surrendered 1,199 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) in addition to 484 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.93 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.24. Wiz pitchers have given up 89 home runs and 541 runs in total (9th in baseball).

The Heroes hold a slugging % of .363 and they have an average of 4.31 runs per contest (8th in KBO). They have 203 doubles, while taking a walk 524 times and notching 616 runs. Kiwoom has tallied 93 home runs for the year to go along with 573 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,030 occasions (4th in baseball) and have 1,240 base hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .333 in addition to a team batting average of .252 on the campaign.

Sung Mun Song is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Song has tallied a walk 123 times while being called out on strikes on 227 tries. He has tallied 176 runs and notched 200 RBIs. His on-base rate is .313 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .691. He has hit it out of the park 30 times, as well as 528 total bases and a .378 slugging %. During the 1,395 at-bats in his career, Song is sitting with a batting avereage of .254 with 354 hits.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 132 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in the league). The Heroes have recorded 1,539 assists, 118 errors and have amassed 3,862 putouts on the season. In their 127 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 85 times and been caught 42 times (33.1% caught stealing rate).

The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.346 and have a FIP of 4.26 as a squad over the course of the season. They rank 6th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,242. The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 609 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 3.81 (545 earned runs yielded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.04 (1,001 strikeouts against 490 walks). They have allowed 95 dingers and they allow 4.26 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take KT

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