Kiwoom Heroes vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 5/21/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Kia Tigers

Date: Sunday, May 21, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the venue where Sun Bin Kim and the Kia Tigers (16-17, 6th in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (17-22, 7th in KBO) on Sunday, May 21, 2023.

The Heroes have hit 66 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 18 balls out of the stadium. Kiwoom owns a slugging percentage of .354 and have struck out 295 times, while being walked on 135 occasions. As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are putting up 4.2 runs per outing, which puts them at 9th in the league. They have accrued 155 RBI's and 346 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average sits at .253. They have accumulated 162 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .328.

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Addison Russell is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. In his career, Russell has drilled 151 baseballs out of the park while driving in 662 runs. His slugging percentage is .447 and he has racked up 1,930 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he approached the plate 4,860 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,165 times. He has been struck out 1,012 times and has taken a walk on 453 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .345 on-base percentage. Russell has recorded a batting average of .270 in his time in baseball, in addition to 661 runs scored and an OPS of .792.

The Kiwoom Heroes are sitting with 1,046 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 397 assists and 31 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .979 which is 6th in Korean baseball and they have turned 35 double plays. The Heroes have swiped 32 bags and have been caught 14 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 30.4%.

The Heroes have an ERA of 3.59 so far this season (3rd in the league), and they have rung up 274 hitters. Heroes pitchers have given up 18 home runs and also 157 total runs (6th in KBO). Kiwoom has given up 351 hits (9.1 per 9 innings) and 139 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.54 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.32.

The Tigers hold a team slugging percentage of .345 and they are recording 4.15 runs per game (8th in KBO). They have hit 38 doubles, while taking a walk 113 times as well as earning 137 runs. Kia has tallied 18 home runs this year to go along with 124 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 256 occasions (6th in the league) and have accounted for 291 hits. The Kia Tigers are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .330 in addition to a batting average of .259 for the season.

Sun Bin Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. In the 4,648 at-bats in his career, Kim has hit .301 in addition to having 1,400 hits. He has hit it out of the park 32 times, with 1,748 total bases and also a .376 slugging %. Kim has drawn a free base 528 times while fanning on 468 tries. He has amassed 660 runs and racked up 526 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .374 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .750.

Out of their 35 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 26 times and been caught 9 times (25.7% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 37 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (5th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have recorded 299 assists, 25 errors and have earned 877 putouts so far this season.

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.445 and have a FIP of 4.19 as a team for the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.62 (242 strikeouts against 149 walks). They sit at 10th in KBO as a staff in total hits surrendered with 273. They have yielded 18 homers and they concede 4.19 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 136 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 3.67 (119 earned runs relinquished).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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