Hanwha Eagles vs KT Wiz Prediction, 4/16/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs KT Wiz

Date: Sunday, April 16, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the venue where Min Hyuck Kim and the KT Wiz (4-4, 5th in KBO) will take on the Hanwha Eagles (3-7, 9th in KBO) on Sunday, April 16, 2023.

The Eagles have earned 18 two-baggers as a team and have hit 5 balls out of the park. Hanwha is slugging .327 and have been called out on strikes 94 times, while being walked on 46 occasions. As a squad, the Hanwha Eagles are earning 4.0 runs per outing, which is 7th in baseball. They have 37 runs batted in in addition to 78 hits for the year, while their average at the plate is sitting at .225. They have tallied 40 runs while holding a team OBP of .318.

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Eun-won Jung is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. In his career, Jung has slapped 29 balls out of the park while driving in 195 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 2,408 times and came through with a base base hit 548 times. Jung has recorded a batting average of .266 for his career, in addition to 299 scored runs and an OPS of .727. His career slugging percentage is .366 and he has racked up 754 bases. He has fanned 412 times and has walked on 307 occasions, contributing to a .361 on-base %.

The Hanwha Eagles have amassed 272 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 95 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .976 which puts them in 5th in KBO and have earned 8 double plays. The Eagles have stolen 4 bags and have been caught 2 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 33.3%.

The Eagles are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.79 for the year (5th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 72 hitters. Hanwha has allowed 88 base knocks (8.8 per 9 innings) and 38 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.00 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.37. Eagles pitchers have surrendered 6 long balls and also 42 total runs (6th in the league).

The Wiz hold a slugging percentage of .397 and they have an average of 6.00 runs per contest (1st in the league). They have hit 16 two-baggers, while taking a walk 23 times and putting up 48 runs. KT has compiled 5 home runs so far this year to go along with 46 RBIs. They have struck out on 75 occasions (3rd in the league) and are sitting with 83 base knocks. The KT Wiz have earned a team on-base percentage of .327 as well as a batting average of .280 on the season.

Min Hyuck Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. During the 1,448 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has an average at the plate of .279 in addition to 404 base hits. He has hit the long ball 6 times, as well as 479 total bases and also a .331 slugging percentage. Kim has recorded a free base 131 times while striking out on 232 chances. He has compiled 202 runs in addition to having earned 120 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .346 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .677.

The KT Wiz have turned 11 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .990 (1st in the league). The Wiz have recorded 79 assists, 3 errors and have a tally of 213 putouts this season. Of their 12 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 11 times and been caught 1 time (8.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.352 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.31 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. They are sitting at 8th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 75. The KT pitching staff have conceded 34 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.18 (33 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.57 (54 strikeouts vs 21 walks). They have allowed 5 HR's and they surrender 4.31 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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