Kiwoom Heroes vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 6/16/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Friday, June 16, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the venue where Si Hwan Roh and the Hanwha Eagles (22-34, 10th in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (27-34, 7th in KBO) on Friday, June 16, 2023.

Kiwoom owns a slugging percentage of .350 and have struck out 483 times, while drawing a walk on 212 occasions. They have compiled 241 RBI's in addition to 546 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average comes in at .253. The Heroes have hit 99 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 27 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 251 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .327. As a unit, the Kiwoom Heroes are knocking in 4.1 runs/g, which has them at 9th in baseball.

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Hye Seong Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. In his career, Kim has hit 22 baseballs out of the park while driving in 278 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped into the batters box 2,899 times and has delivered with a base knock 765 times. Kim has a batting average of .293 for his baseball career, in addition to 440 runs scored and an OPS of .739. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .385 in addition to racking up 1,003 bases. He has gone down on strikes 521 times and earned a walk on 246 at-bats, contributing to a .354 OBP.

The Kiwoom Heroes have earned a total of 1,661 putouts for the season, in addition to 611 assists and 48 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .979 which puts them in 6th in KBO and have earned 56 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 46 bases and have been gunned down 17 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 27.0%.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.65 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.29. Heroes pitchers have given up 26 long balls and also 241 runs (7th in baseball). Kiwoom has relinquished 547 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and also 212 earned runs. The Heroes are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.45 on the season (2nd in KBO), and the staff has struck out 435 batters.

Hanwha has hit 30 home runs so far this season in addition to 218 runs batted in. They have hit 84 two-baggers, while getting a free base 226 times as well as recording 231 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have compiled a team on-base percentage of .321 as well as a team batting average of .235 over the course of the season. The Eagles hold a team SLG% of .325 and they are earning 3.92 runs per contest (10th in baseball). They have struck out on 489 instances (1st in baseball) and have accounted for 469 base hits.

Si Hwan Roh is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Over the course of the 1,569 at-bats in his professional career, Noh has accrued an average at the plate of .259 with 407 base knocks. He has hit a home run 47 times, in addition to having 640 total bases and a .408 slugging percentage. Noh has drawn a walk 194 times while going down on strikes on 439 plate appearances. He has scored 213 runs and also has 236 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .344 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .752.

Of their 67 tries at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 38 times and been caught 29 times (43.3% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 56 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (5th in KBO). The Eagles have racked up 603 assists, 43 errors and have earned 1,592 putouts on the season.

The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.409 with a FIP of 4.60 as a team this year. They have a ranking of 6th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 515. The Hanwha pitching staff have conceded 271 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.18 (246 earned runs conceded). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.85 (430 strikeouts vs 232 bases on balls). They have conceded 37 homers and they surrender 4.60 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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