KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 4/21/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, April 21, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Ui-ji Yang and the Doosan Bears (8-7, 5th in KBO) will take on the KT Wiz (7-5, 3rd in KBO) on Friday, April 21, 2023.

KT has a slugging % of .429 and have been called out on strikes 99 times, while drawing a walk on 38 occasions. They have accrued 74 runs batted in and 142 hits over the course of the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .297. The Wiz have recorded 29 doubles as a squad and have hit 10 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 80 runs and have an on-base percentage of .347. As a unit, the KT Wiz are knocking in 6.2 runs per game, which puts them at 1st in baseball.

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Anthony Alford is a hitter who should impact this game for KT. Alford is sitting with a batting avereage of .209 for his career, with 25 runs scored and an OPS of .643. He has struck out 91 times and has walked on 16 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .275 on-base percentage. For his career, Alford has hit 8 balls over the fence while knocking in 20 runs. His career slugging percentage is .368 and he has a total of 81 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped into the batters box 240 times and has notched a hit 46 times.

The Wiz have swiped 16 bases and have been gunned down 1 time, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 5.9%. The KT Wiz have a tally of 357 putouts this year, as well as 119 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .983 which has them ranked 2nd in the league and have 17 double plays.

The Wiz are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.93 on the season (5th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 101 batters. Wiz pitchers have allowed 5 home runs and 54 total runs (9th in the league). KT has conceded 122 hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and 52 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.35 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.39.

The Doosan Bears have recorded a team on-base percentage of .335 as well as a batting average of .244 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 96 occasions (7th in the league) and have recorded 121 hits. Doosan has accumulated 10 home runs this year as well as 60 runs batted in. The Bears have a team SLG% of .349 and they are earning 4.40 runs per game (6th in the league). They have hit 20 two-baggers, while taking a walk 60 times and racking up 66 runs.

Ui-ji Yang is a batter who should impact this game for Doosan. Yang has tallied a free base 578 times while striking out on 650 plate appearances. His OBP sits at .390 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .893. For the 5,084 official at-bats in his professional career, Yang has a batting average of .307 in addition to 1,563 base hits. He has accrued 768 runs in addition to having 952 runs batted in. He has gone yard 228 times, as well as 2,556 total bases and a .503 slugging percentage.

Of their 13 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 7 times and been caught 6 times (46.2% caught stealing rate). The Doosan Bears have twisted 7 double plays and have a fielding rate of .972 (8th in KBO). The Bears have racked up 130 assists, 15 errors and have accumulated 400 putouts for the year.

The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.458 and have a FIP of 5.00 as a squad on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.72 (110 strikeouts against 64 walks). They are currently ranked 6th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 130. They have conceded 8 dingers and they relinquish 5.00 runs per 9 innings (8th in KBO). The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 74 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.12 (61 earned runs given up).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take KT

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