Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 6/21/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (27-31, 6th in KBO) are headed to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, where they'll meet the Hanwha Eagles (23-36, 10th in KBO).

As a team, the Kia Tigers are putting up 4.4 runs per outing, which has them at 6th in KBO. They are sitting with 262 runs while holding a team OBP of .337. The Tigers have accounted for 81 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 36 balls out of the stadium. They have accrued 243 RBI's as well as 532 base knocks this year, while their average at the plate is .263. Kia has a slugging rate of .364 and have been called out on strikes 441 times, while drawing a walk on 210 occasions.

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Socrates Brito is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his career, Brito has hit 125 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 728 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .432 and he has racked up 2,451 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 6,193 times and came through with a base base knock 1,600 times. He has struck out 1,228 times and has taken a walk on 433 occasions, contributing to a .333 on-base percentage. Brito has compiled an average at the plate of .282 for his time in baseball, with 846 runs scored and an OPS of .765.

The Kia Tigers have accumulated 1,568 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 527 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .981 which has them sitting 5th in the league and have accumulated 64 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 43 bags and have been gunned down 11 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 20.4%.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.69 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.42. Tigers pitchers have allowed 30 home runs and also 252 total runs (9th in KBO). Kia has given up 488 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and also 223 earned runs. The Tigers have compiled a team earned run average of 3.84 so far this year (5th in the league), and their staff has struck out 426 batters.

Hanwha has 35 home runs this season to go along with 236 runs batted in. They have 91 two-baggers, while taking a walk 251 times as well as notching 249 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have earned an on-base percentage of .324 as well as a team batting average of .237 for the season. The Eagles have a slugging percentage of .330 and they tally 3.95 runs per game (10th in the league). They have struck out on 529 occasions (1st in the league) and have a total of 510 base hits.

Eun Seong Chae is a batter who should impact this game for Hanwha. In the 3,579 at-bats in his career, Chae has accrued an average at the plate of .297 in addition to 1,064 base knocks. He has homered 106 times, in addition to having 1,595 total bases and also a .446 slugging percentage. Chae has earned a free base 260 times while being called out on strikes on 668 occasions. He has a total of 474 runs in addition to having 639 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .358 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .804.

In their 68 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 39 times and been caught 29 times (42.6% caught stealing rate). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 60 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .981 (4th in Korean baseball). The Eagles have racked up 642 assists, 46 errors and have 1,718 putouts over the course of the season.

The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.405 and have a FIP of 4.59 as a squad over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.87 (463 strikeouts vs 248 bases on balls). They come in at 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 556. They have allowed 39 home runs and they give up 4.59 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Hanwha pitching staff have yielded 292 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.20 (267 earned runs allowed).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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