Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 7/8/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz

Date: Saturday, July 8, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the venue where ByungHo Park and the KT Wiz (34-37, 7th in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (31-38, 9th in KBO) on Saturday, July 8, 2023.

As a unit, the Kia Tigers are knocking in 4.5 runs per contest, which puts them at 5th in the league. They have earned a total of 312 runs scored and hold an OBP of .333. The Tigers have accrued 97 doubles as a unit and have smacked 47 balls out of the park. They have 290 RBI's and 620 hits for the year, while their batting average sits at .260. Kia is slugging .365 and have been rung up 517 times, while getting the free base on 246 occasions.

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Socrates Brito is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his career, Brito has drilled 127 baseballs out of the park while driving in 733 runs. His slugging percentage is .432 in addition to having tallied 2,467 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to the plate 6,236 times and has come through with a hit 1,608 times. He has struck out 1,236 times and has taken a walk on 436 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .333 on-base %. Brito is sitting with a batting avereage of .282 for his time in baseball, with 853 scored runs and an OPS of .765.

The Tigers have stolen 53 bases and have been gunned down 13 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 19.7%. The Kia Tigers have amassed 1,853 putouts on the year, in addition to 633 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .983 which ranks 2nd in the league and have earned 76 double plays.

The Tigers have compiled a team earned run average of 3.98 over the course of the season (5th in the league), and their staff has struck out 494 batters. Kia has conceded 584 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 273 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.56 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.46. Tigers pitchers have conceded 37 home runs and 304 total runs (9th in KBO).

The KT Wiz have accounted for a team OBP of .337 and a batting average of .264 so far this season. They have struck out on 561 occasions (3rd in the league) and are sitting with 673 base hits. KT has knocked in 40 home runs so far this season and 311 RBIs. The Wiz hold a team slugging percentage of .361 and they have an average of 4.62 runs per game (4th in the league). They have recorded 115 doubles, while walking 271 times and notching 337 runs.

ByungHo Park is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Park has earned a free base 778 times while being called out on strikes on 1,648 chances. His OBP is .372 and he has a lifetime OPS of .534. In the 5,500 at-bats in his pro career, Park has an average at the plate of .271 with 1,493 base knocks. He has compiled 978 runs and has 1,164 RBIs. He has gone deep 391 times, in addition to having 2,938 bases in total and a .534 slugging percentage.

Of their 60 tries at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 53 times and been caught 7 times (11.7% caught stealing rate). The KT Wiz have turned 56 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .980 (6th in the league). The Wiz have accrued 682 assists, 53 errors and have amassed 1,959 putouts so far this season.

The Wiz hold a team WHIP of 1.410 in addition to having a FIP of 4.80 as a team for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.26 (501 strikeouts vs 222 walks). They come in at 3rd in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 699. They have given up 51 HR's and they surrender 4.80 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO). The KT pitching staff have relinquished 348 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.37 (317 earned runs yielded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take KT

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