Doosan Bears vs KT Wiz Prediction, 5/20/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs KT Wiz

Date: Saturday, May 20, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Suk Hwan Yang and the Doosan Bears (19-16, 4th in KBO) head to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Saturday, May 20, 2023, where they'll meet the KT Wiz (10-23, 10th in KBO).

The Bears have accumulated 50 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 28 balls out of the stadium. Doosan has a slugging % of .371 and have struck out 238 times, while drawing a walk on 126 occasions. As a team, the Doosan Bears are notching 4.3 runs per outing, which ranks them 7th in the league. They have 139 RBI's and 304 base knocks over the course of the season, and their average at the plate sits at .251. They have earned a total of 153 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .330.

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Suk Hwan Yang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. For his career, Yang has slapped 108 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 432 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .441 in addition to earning 1,159 bases. For his time in the league, he approached the plate 2,881 times and has delivered a base hit 691 times. He has fanned 589 times and has taken a walk on 181 at-bats, contributing to a .316 OBP. Yang has accumulated a batting average of .263 in his time in baseball, with 326 scored runs and an OPS of .757.

The Bears have stolen 10 bases and have been caught 13 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 56.5%. The Doosan Bears are sitting with 963 putouts for the season, as well as 319 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .974 which has them sitting 7th in the league and they have turned 22 double plays.

The Bears have an earned run average of 3.76 this season (6th in baseball), and they have struck out 267 batters. Doosan has given up 293 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 134 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.02 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.32. Bears pitchers have allowed 23 home runs in addition to 159 runs in total (4th in baseball).

KT is sitting with 20 HRs for the year to go along with 146 RBIs. They have recorded 60 two-baggers, while walking 130 times and putting up 157 runs. The KT Wiz have earned a team OBP of .332 as well as a batting average of .262 so far this year. The Wiz have a slugging percentage of .360 and they are recording 4.49 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 287 occasions (4th in baseball) and have earned 329 hits.

Baek Ho Kang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Over the course of the 2,347 official at-bats in his professional career, Kang has recorded a batting average of .314 in addition to having 737 hits. He has hit the long ball 92 times, with 1,177 total bases and a .501 slugging percentage. Kang has drawn a walk 322 times while striking out on 462 tries. He has recorded 399 runs and racked up 386 RBIs. His on-base % is .396 and he has a lifetime OPS of .897.

Of their 36 tries at getting a steal, they have made it 33 times and been caught 3 times (8.3% caught stealing percentage). The KT Wiz have twisted 31 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (4th in Korean baseball). The Wiz have 333 assists, 27 errors and have accumulated 942 putouts so far this year.

The KT pitching staff have surrendered 190 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.99 (174 earned runs given up). They have surrendered 27 dingers and they relinquish 5.45 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Wiz are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.541 in addition to having a FIP of 5.45 as a team this year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.12 (239 strikeouts against 113 free passes). They come in at 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 371.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Doosan

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