Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/24/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz

Date: Thursday, August 24, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the site where Sang-soo Kim and the KT Wiz (59-46, 2nd in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (48-50, 6th in KBO) on Thursday, August 24, 2023.

The Tigers have accrued 151 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 69 balls out of the stadium. Kia is slugging .382 and have struck out 690 times, while drawing a walk on 357 occasions. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are notching 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 2nd in the league. They have compiled 451 RBI's in addition to 921 hits this season, while their batting average sits at .269. They have a total of 484 runs scored and hold an OBP of .340.

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Chan-Ho Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his career, Park has hit 12 baseballs out of the park while driving in 235 runs. For his career, he approached the plate 2,737 times and has come through with a hit 613 times. Park has hit .250 for his baseball career, in addition to 331 scored runs and an OPS of .622. He has earned a slugging percentage of .311 in addition to earning 762 bases. He has gone down on strikes 413 times and has gotten a free base on 219 occasions, contributing to a .311 OBP.

The Kia Tigers have notched a total of 2,650 putouts this year, in addition to 906 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .980 which has them sitting 5th in KBO and have earned 92 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 70 bases and have been gunned down 21 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 23.1%.

The Tigers hold a team earned run average of 4.07 so far this season (4th in the league), and their staff has rung up 712 batters. Kia has conceded 864 base knocks (8.8 per 9 innings) and also 399 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.74 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.44. Tigers pitchers have conceded 58 long balls in addition to 449 runs in total (8th in the league).

The KT Wiz are sitting with an on-base percentage of .336 and a team batting average of .267 this year. They have struck out on 823 occasions (3rd in KBO) and have tallied 993 base knocks. KT has 63 home runs for the year and 467 runs batted in. The Wiz hold a team slugging percentage of .371 and they are earning 4.75 runs per contest (3rd in KBO). They have recorded 177 two-baggers, while getting a free base 372 times as well as scoring 508 runs.

Sang-soo Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Kim has drawn a free base 527 times while striking out on 816 plate appearances. He has accrued 797 runs and also has 591 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .343 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .702. He has gone yard 56 times, in addition to having 1,948 total bases and a .359 slugging %. Over the course of the 5,429 at-bats in his professional career, Kim has hit .271 with 1,472 base knocks.

The KT Wiz have turned 84 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .980 (6th in the league). The Wiz have racked up 998 assists, 81 errors and have earned 2,877 putouts on the season. Out of their 88 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 78 times and been caught 10 times (11.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz hold a team WHIP of 1.353 and have a FIP of 4.42 as a pitching staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.42 (726 strikeouts against 300 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 3rd in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 998. They have given up 70 home runs and they yield 4.42 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO). The KT pitching staff have surrendered 471 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.06 (433 earned runs yielded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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