Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 9/16/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers

Date: Saturday, September 16, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (60-54, 5th in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (60-57, 6th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Saturday, September 16, 2023.

The Bears have tallied 173 doubles as a squad and have hit 78 balls out of the park. Doosan owns a slugging percentage of .371 and have been called out on strikes 800 times, while being walked on 414 occasions. As a team, the Doosan Bears are notching 4.3 runs per contest, which ranks them 8th in the league. They have accrued 462 runs batted in as well as 1,022 base knocks this season, and their team batting average is at .256. They have 510 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .333.

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Suk Hwan Yang is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. In his career, Yang has hit 120 balls out of the park while driving in 481 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 3,213 times and also came through with a hit 771 times. Yang has accumulated a batting average of .264 for his career, in addition to 369 runs scored and an OPS of .758. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .441 and he has totaled 1,290 bases. He has gone down on strikes 667 times and has walked on 205 occasions, contributing to a .317 OBP.

The Doosan Bears have amassed 3,162 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,062 assists and 93 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .978 which has them ranked 8th in KBO and they have twisted 88 double plays. The Bears have swiped 53 bases and have been gunned down 34 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 39.1%.

The Bears hold a team earned run average of 4.00 on the year (3rd in the league), and the staff has struck out 836 hitters. Bears pitchers have yielded 74 home runs and also 524 total runs (7th in KBO). Doosan has allowed 1,032 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 468 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.02 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.37.

The Tigers have a SLG% of .396 and they are recording 5.18 runs per game (2nd in the league). They have 179 doubles, while walking 417 times as well as scoring 601 runs. Kia is sitting with 87 home runs this year as well as 559 RBIs. They have been rung up on 772 occasions (9th in KBO) and have a total of 1,103 hits. The Kia Tigers have compiled an on-base percentage of .347 and a batting average of .276 over the course of the season.

Socrates Brito is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Brito has tallied a walk 455 times while fanning on 1,260 tries. He has amassed 886 runs and also has 761 runs batted in. His OBP is .333 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .766. He has homered 133 times, with 2,546 total bases and also a .433 slugging %. Over the course of the 5,874 at-bats in his professional career, Brito has hit .281 and has racked up 1,653 base hits.

Of their 106 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 82 times and been caught 24 times (22.6% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 105 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .979 (6th in the league). The Tigers have accrued 1,060 assists, 87 errors and are sitting with 3,067 putouts during this campaign.

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.414 with a FIP of 4.60 as a team this season. They rank 9th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 983. The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 523 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.10 (466 earned runs relinquished). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.74 (805 strikeouts vs 462 walks). They have given up 69 homers and they surrender 4.60 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kia

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