Kiwoom Heroes vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 9/22/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Friday, September 22, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SBS SPORTS

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the site where Eun Seong Chae and the Hanwha Eagles (51-67, 8th in KBO) will take on the Kiwoom Heroes (52-78, 10th in KBO) on Friday, September 22, 2023.

The Heroes have recorded 208 doubles as a unit and have knocked 58 balls out of the park. Kiwoom is slugging .353 and have been rung up 1,026 times, while getting the free base on 452 occasions. As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are recording 4.2 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in the league. They have accounted for 530 RBI's as well as 1,219 hits over the course of the season, and their team batting average is at .260. They have 557 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .331.

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Whee Jip Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Kim has hit .225 for his career in baseball, in addition to 89 scored runs and an OPS of .665. He has gone down on strikes 228 times and has taken a walk on 96 occasions, contributing to a .327 on-base percentage. For his pro baseball career, Kim has slapped 16 baseballs out of the park while driving in 83 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .338 in addition to earning 248 bases. For his career, he stepped into the batters box 870 times and has notched a base knock 165 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes have amassed 3,578 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,319 assists and 100 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .980 which is 5th in KBO and have 116 double plays. The Heroes have swiped 120 bags and have been caught 41 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 25.5%.

The Heroes hold a team ERA of 4.42 so far this season (8th in the league), and their staff has rung up 897 hitters. Kiwoom has given up 1,235 hits (9.3 per 9 innings) as well as 585 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.84 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.45. Heroes pitchers have surrendered 78 home runs and also 652 total runs (1st in baseball).

The Eagles have a team slugging % of .347 and they are scoring 4.20 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have 182 two-baggers, while getting a free base 473 times and putting up 521 runs. Hanwha has accounted for 84 home runs for the season to go along with 489 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,007 occasions (2nd in the league) and have a total of 1,013 hits. The Hanwha Eagles have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .324 in addition to a batting average of .239 so far this season.

Eun Seong Chae is a batter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Chae has recorded a free base 286 times while going down on strikes on 706 tries. His on-base percentage sits at .356 and he has a lifetime OPS of .798. In the 3,788 official at-bats in his professional career, Chae has recorded a batting average of .294 with 1,112 base knocks. He has recorded 498 runs in addition to having earned 667 RBIs. He has gone yard 114 times, with 1,673 total bases and also a .442 slugging percentage.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 99 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (1st in KBO). The Eagles have 1,202 assists, 86 errors and have earned 3,365 putouts on the season. Out of their 119 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 79 times and been caught 40 times (33.6% caught stealing percentage).

The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.391 and have a FIP of 4.72 as a staff this year. They are sitting at 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,108. The Hanwha pitching staff have relinquished 588 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 4.25 (530 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.99 (898 strikeouts vs 452 free passes). They have yielded 79 home runs and they surrender 4.72 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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