KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 4/22/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, April 22, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Jae Hwan Kim and the Doosan Bears (8-7, 5th in KBO) host the KT Wiz (7-5, 3rd in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Saturday, April 22, 2023.

KT is slugging .429 and have been called out on strikes 99 times, while getting the free base on 38 occasions. They have amassed 74 RBI's as well as 142 base knocks so far this year, while their average at the plate comes in at .297. The Wiz have accumulated 29 doubles as a unit and have smacked 10 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 80 runs while having a team OBP of .347. As a squad, the KT Wiz are compiling 6.2 runs per game, which has them at 1st in the league.

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ByungHo Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. For his pro baseball career, Park has slapped 12 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 24 runs. His slugging percentage is .409 in addition to earning 88 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he approached the plate 244 times and has delivered with a hit 41 times. He has fanned 80 times and has gotten a free base on 21 occasions, which contributes in part to a .275 OBP. Park has compiled an average at the plate of .191 for his time in baseball, in addition to 28 scored runs and an OPS of .684.

The Wiz have swiped 16 bases and have been caught 1 time, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 5.9%. The KT Wiz have amassed 357 putouts on the 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 earned 17 double plays.

The Wiz have a team earned run average of 3.93 over the course of the season (5th in the league), and their staff has struck out 101 hitters. Wiz pitchers have allowed 5 home runs and 54 runs in total (9th in the league). KT has surrendered 122 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 52 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.35 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.39.

Doosan has recorded 10 long balls on the year to go along with 60 RBIs. They have recorded 20 doubles, while getting a free base 60 times and earning 66 runs. The Doosan Bears hold an on-base percentage of .335 and a batting average of .244 over the course of the season. The Bears hold a team slugging percentage of .349 and they are recording 4.40 runs per game (6th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 96 instances (7th in the league) and have a total of 121 hits.

Jae Hwan Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Kim has drawn a walk 554 times while fanning on 984 occasions. He has accrued 684 runs and has 802 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .380 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .909. He has hit a home run 226 times, with 2,059 total bases and a .529 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 3,895 official at-bats in his career, Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .291 and has racked up 1,133 base hits.

The Doosan Bears have turned 7 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .972 (8th in KBO). The Bears have racked up 130 assists, 15 errors and are sitting with 400 putouts so far this season. In their 13 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 7 times and been caught 6 times (46.2% caught stealing percentage).

The Doosan pitching staff have surrendered 74 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 4.12 (61 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 8 dingers and they allow 5.00 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.458 in addition to having a FIP of 5.00 as a staff on the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.72 (110 strikeouts against 64 bases on balls). They rank 6th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 130.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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