Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 4/6/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz

Date: Thursday, April 6, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the site where Jeong-dae Bae and the KT Wiz (1-1, 7th in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (1-1, 6th in KBO) on Thursday, April 6, 2023.

Kia has a slugging rate of .364 and have struck out 12 times, while getting the free base on 12 occasions. They have 9 RBI's and 19 hits on the season, while their batting average is at .288. The Tigers have accrued 2 doubles as a squad and have smacked 1 ball out of the stadium. They are sitting with 10 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .392. As a team, the Kia Tigers are scoring 5.0 runs per outing, which ranks them 3rd in KBO.

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Sun Bin Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Kim has an average at the plate of .302 in his time in baseball, with 650 runs scored and an OPS of .751. He has gone down on strikes 463 times and has walked on 516 occasions, contributing to a .374 OBP. For his career, Kim has drilled 32 balls over the fence while driving in 516 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .377 in addition to earning 1,716 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 5,261 times and also came through with a base knock 1,373 times.

The Kia Tigers have amassed 51 putouts this season, in addition to 15 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .957 which ranks 9th in the league and they have turned 2 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 2 bases.

The Tigers have a team earned run average of 3.71 for the year (4th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 11 batters. Kia has allowed 13 base hits (6.9 per 9 innings) as well as 7 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 0.85 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.53. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 3 home runs and also 9 total runs (10th in baseball).

The KT Wiz are sitting with an on-base percentage of .352 in addition to a batting average of .305 this year. They have struck out on 17 instances (6th in the league) and are sitting with 25 base knocks. KT has a total of 3 long balls so far this year in addition to 19 RBIs. The Wiz hold a slugging percentage of .512 and they earn 10.00 runs per contest (1st in the league). They have put up 6 two-baggers, while taking a walk 7 times and recording 20 runs.

Jeong-dae Bae is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Bae has drawn a free base 199 times while fanning on 466 occasions. His OBP comes in at .342 and he has a lifetime OPS of .710. Over the course of the 1,745 at-bats in his baseball career, Bae has an average at the plate of .261 in addition to having 456 base hits. He has compiled 271 runs and has 200 runs batted in. He has gone yard 32 times, with 642 bases in total and also a .368 slugging %.

The KT Wiz have twisted 2 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .987 (2nd in KBO). The Wiz have recorded 18 assists, 1 error and have a tally of 60 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 7 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 6 times and been caught 1 time (14.3% caught stealing percentage).

The KT pitching staff have relinquished 16 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 6.75 (15 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 0 dingers and they allow 7.20 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Wiz have a WHIP of 1.850 in addition to having a FIP of 7.20 as a staff so far this year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.00 (10 strikeouts vs 10 bases on balls). They rank 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 27.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take KT

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