Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 7/7/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz

Date: Friday, July 7, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Sung-Woo Jang and the KT Wiz (34-37, 7th in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (31-38, 9th in KBO) at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Friday, July 7, 2023.

Kia is slugging .365 and have struck out 517 times, while being walked on 246 occasions. They have 290 runs batted in and 620 base knocks for the year, while their average at the plate is .260. The Tigers have earned 97 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 47 balls out of the park. They have a total of 312 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .333. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are earning 4.5 runs per game, which puts them at 5th in baseball.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his pro baseball career, Choi has hit 365 baseballs over the fence while driving in 1,502 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to bat 8,517 times and has delivered with a base knock 2,263 times. Choi has earned a batting average of .312 in his time in baseball, with 1,195 scored runs and an OPS of .935. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .533 and he has racked up 3,869 bases. He has fanned 1,285 times and has been walked on 1,054 occasions, contributing to a .402 on-base percentage.

The Tigers have swiped 53 bags and have been gunned down 13 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 19.7%. The Kia Tigers have accounted for 1,853 putouts so far this season, in addition to 633 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .983 which ranks 2nd in KBO and have 76 double plays.

The Tigers hold a team ERA of 3.98 so far this year (5th in KBO), and they have rung up 494 hitters. Tigers pitchers have conceded 37 home runs and 304 total runs (9th in baseball). Kia has relinquished 584 base knocks (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 273 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.56 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.46.

The KT Wiz have an OBP of .337 in addition to a batting average of .264 so far this year. They have been called out on strikes on 561 instances (3rd in the league) and have earned a total of 673 base hits. KT has accounted for 40 home runs on the season to go along with 311 runs batted in. The Wiz have a SLG% of .361 and they have an average of 4.62 runs per outing (4th in the league). They have 115 two-baggers, while taking a walk 271 times and scoring 337 runs.

Sung-Woo Jang is a hitter who can be a difference maker for KT. Jang has tallied a free base 318 times while fanning on 565 attempts. He has accounted for 283 runs and notched 404 RBIs. His on-base rate is .333 and he has a lifetime OPS of .716. He has gone deep 83 times, as well as 1,040 bases in total and also a .383 slugging percentage. During the 2,712 official at-bats in his career, Jang has an average at the plate of .255 in addition to 692 base knocks.

In their 60 chances at stealing a base, they have made it 53 times and been caught 7 times (11.7% caught stealing percentage). The KT Wiz have turned 56 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (6th in the league). The Wiz have accrued 682 assists, 53 errors and have amassed 1,959 putouts over the course of the season.

The Wiz hold a team WHIP of 1.410 in addition to having a FIP of 4.80 as a team for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.26 (501 strikeouts vs 222 bases on balls). They rank 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 699. They have conceded 51 long balls and they allow 4.80 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The KT pitching staff have conceded 348 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.37 (317 earned runs surrendered).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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