Doosan Bears vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 5/16/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Ui-ji Yang and the Doosan Bears (17-16, 5th in KBO) head to Gocheok Sky Dome on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, where they'll take on the Kiwoom Heroes (16-20, 8th in KBO).

As a unit, the Doosan Bears are scoring 4.1 runs per game, which has them sitting at 7th in KBO. They have earned a total of 140 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .326. The Bears have compiled 44 doubles as a team and have knocked 24 balls out of the stadium. They have amassed 126 runs batted in and 279 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average is .246. Doosan is slugging .359 and have struck out 223 times, while getting the free base on 119 occasions.

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Ui-ji Yang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Yang has earned a batting average of .306 for his baseball career, with 773 scored runs and an OPS of .891. He has been struck out 660 times and has been walked on 584 occasions, contributing to a .389 on-base %. In his career, Yang has hit 231 baseballs out of the park while driving in 962 runs. His slugging percentage is .502 and he has a total of 2,579 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to the plate 5,997 times and has come through with a base hit 1,575 times.

The Bears have swiped 10 bases and have been caught 13 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 56.5%. The Doosan Bears have accumulated 909 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 302 assists and 33 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .973 which has them sitting 7th in KBO and have a total of 20 double plays.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.08 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.32. Bears pitchers have surrendered 23 home runs and 152 runs in total (4th in the league). Doosan has allowed 278 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and also 127 earned runs. The Bears have an earned run average of 3.77 on the season (5th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 256 batters.

Kiwoom has compiled 17 home runs this season as well as 141 runs batted in. They have recorded 54 doubles, while walking 123 times as well as scoring 148 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes are sitting with an OBP of .325 and a team batting average of .250 this season. The Heroes have a team SLG% of .347 and they earn 4.11 runs per game (8th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 279 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have earned 317 base knocks.

Hye Seong Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Over the course of the 2,510 at-bats in his career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .295 in addition to having 741 base hits. He has gone deep 20 times, in addition to having 966 total bases and also a .385 slugging percentage. Kim has drawn a free base 234 times while fanning on 505 occasions. He has amassed 425 runs in addition to having 267 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .355 and he also has a career OPS of .740.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 35 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .978 (6th in KBO). The Heroes have 363 assists, 30 errors and have 965 putouts during this campaign. Of their 41 tries at getting a steal, they have had success 28 times and been caught 13 times (31.7% caught stealing rate).

The Heroes have a team WHIP of 1.301 in addition to having a FIP of 3.95 as a team over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.51 (251 strikeouts against 100 bases on balls). They are sitting at 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 318. They have conceded 14 dingers and they give up 3.95 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Kiwoom pitching staff have yielded 141 runs on the season while having an ERA of 3.45 (123 earned runs conceded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom and under the total runs

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