Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 5/24/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Eun Seong Chae and the Hanwha Eagles (13-24, 9th in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (18-18, 6th in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Wednesday, May 24, 2023.

The Tigers have accounted for 41 two-baggers as a team and have hit 19 balls out of the stadium. Kia is slugging .343 and have been called out on strikes 280 times, while drawing a walk on 119 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are scoring 4.2 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 7th in baseball. They have earned 137 RBI's in addition to 317 base knocks on the campaign, and their batting average is sitting at .259. They have accounted for 150 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .328.

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Socrates Brito is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In his career, Brito has drilled 121 balls out of the park while driving in 709 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 6,089 times and came through with a base hit 1,572 times. Brito has recorded a batting average of .282 for his career in baseball, with 827 runs scored and an OPS of .763. His career slugging percentage is .431 and he has a total of 2,404 bases. He has struck out 1,219 times and has taken a walk on 419 occasions, which contributes in part to a .332 on-base percentage.

The Kia Tigers have accounted for 958 putouts for the season, in addition to 328 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them ranked 5th in KBO and have a total of 40 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 27 bases and have been gunned down 9 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 25.0%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.63 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.41. Tigers pitchers have yielded 18 home runs in addition to 140 total runs (10th in KBO). Kia has conceded 290 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and also 123 earned runs. The Tigers have compiled a team earned run average of 3.47 this year (3rd in the league), and their staff has struck out 259 hitters.

The Eagles have a team slugging percentage of .311 and they are recording 3.43 runs per game (10th in baseball). They have notched 56 doubles, while walking 141 times as well as putting up 137 runs. Hanwha has a total of 21 home runs on the year in addition to 131 RBIs. They have been rung up on 350 instances (1st in KBO) and have accounted for 302 base hits. The Hanwha Eagles have earned a team OBP of .304 in addition to a batting average of .222 over the course of the season.

Eun Seong Chae is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Chae has drawn a free base 249 times while going down on strikes on 652 attempts. His on-base percentage is .357 and he holds a career OPS of .803. For the 3,487 at-bats in his pro career, Chae has an average at the plate of .297 and has racked up 1,036 base knocks. He has accounted for 455 runs and notched 625 RBIs. He has hit the long ball 103 times, as well as 1,554 total bases and also a .446 slugging %.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 40 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .982 (3rd in the league). The Eagles have accrued 418 assists, 28 errors and have accounted for 1,094 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 49 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 28 times and been caught 21 times (42.9% caught stealing rate).

The Eagles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.373 with a FIP of 4.15 as a staff for the year. They have a ranking of 6th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 336. The Hanwha pitching staff have conceded 168 runs on the year while having an ERA of 3.81 (154 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.78 (292 strikeouts against 164 bases on balls). They have conceded 25 homers and they give up 4.15 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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