Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 6/22/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Eun-won Jung and the Hanwha Eagles (23-37, 10th in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (28-31, 6th in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Thursday, June 22, 2023.

As a team, the Kia Tigers are notching 4.5 runs per contest, which puts them at 6th in the league. They are sitting with 268 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .336. The Tigers have tallied 82 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 39 balls out of the park. They have accrued 249 runs batted in and 538 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average comes in at .262. Kia has a slugging rate of .366 and have struck out 451 times, while drawing a walk on 215 occasions.

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Chan-Ho Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Park has hit .246 for his career, in addition to 307 runs scored and an OPS of .610. He has fanned 397 times and has gotten a free base on 201 at-bats, contributing to a .306 on-base percentage. For his pro baseball career, Park has hit 11 balls out of the park while driving in 219 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .304 in addition to racking up 702 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 2,574 times and has delivered with a hit 568 times.

The Tigers have stolen 43 bases and have been gunned down 11 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 20.4%. The Kia Tigers have notched a total of 1,595 putouts this year, in addition to 535 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .981 which has them ranked 3rd in the league and they have turned 65 double plays.

The Tigers have an ERA of 3.85 over the course of the season (5th in the league), and their staff has struck out 437 hitters. Tigers pitchers have allowed 31 home runs and 256 runs in total (9th in KBO). Kia has surrendered 495 base knocks (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 227 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.71 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.41.

The Hanwha Eagles have accounted for a team OBP of .324 in addition to a team batting average of .237 for the year. They have struck out on 540 occasions (1st in KBO) and have tallied 517 base hits. Hanwha has 36 home runs so far this season in addition to 240 RBIs. The Eagles hold a team slugging percentage of .330 and they score 3.95 runs per game (10th in baseball). The have tallied 92 two-baggers, while walking 255 times and notching 253 runs.

Eun-won Jung is a batter who should impact this game for Hanwha. Jung has earned a free base 337 times while fanning on 442 plate appearances. He has amassed 327 runs and has 206 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .360 and he has a lifetime OPS of .717. He has gone deep 29 times, in addition to having 801 total bases and a .357 slugging percentage. For the 2,246 official at-bats in his baseball career, Jung has compiled an average at the plate of .263 with 590 base hits.

The Hanwha Eagles have twisted 61 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .981 (5th in the league). The Eagles have racked up 649 assists, 47 errors and have accumulated 1,745 putouts this year. Of their 69 tries at getting a steal, they have had success 40 times and been caught 29 times (42.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Hanwha pitching staff have allowed 298 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.23 (273 earned runs conceded). They have given up 42 home runs and they surrender 4.61 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.402 and have a FIP of 4.61 as a unit on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.87 (473 strikeouts against 253 walks). They come in at 6th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 562.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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