KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 4/23/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears

Date: Sunday, April 23, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Kyeong-min Ho and the Doosan Bears (9-7, 4th in KBO) host the KT Wiz (7-6, 5th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Sunday, April 23, 2023.

KT has a slugging % of .418 and have been called out on strikes 106 times, while drawing a walk on 47 occasions. They have accounted for 79 runs batted in as well as 149 hits this season, and their average at the plate comes in at .291. The Wiz have accumulated 31 two-baggers as a team and have hit 10 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 85 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .349. As a unit, the KT Wiz are knocking in 6.1 runs per game, which puts them at 2nd in the league.

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Min Hyuck Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. For his career, Kim has drilled 6 baseballs out of the park while driving in 121 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .330 in addition to earning 485 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 1,672 times and has come through with a base hit 409 times. He has been struck out 235 times and earned a walk on 135 occasions, contributing to a .346 OBP. Kim has accumulated a batting average of .278 for his time in baseball, in addition to 207 scored runs and an OPS of .676.

The KT Wiz have amassed 384 putouts this season, as well as 129 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which has them sitting 2nd in KBO and have a total of 18 double plays. The Wiz have swiped 16 bags and have been caught 1 time, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 5.9%.

The Wiz have a team ERA of 4.22 this year (6th in the league), and they have struck out 104 batters. KT has given up 134 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 60 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.21 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.41. Wiz pitchers have yielded 7 long balls and 62 runs in total (8th in the league).

Doosan is sitting with 12 home runs on the season in addition to 64 RBIs. They have 20 two-baggers, while walking 65 times as well as scoring 71 runs. The Doosan Bears have tallied a team OBP of .335 as well as a team batting average of .243 this year. The Bears have a team slugging % of .352 and they tally 4.44 runs per game (6th in baseball). They have been rung up on 101 occasions (7th in KBO) and have 129 base knocks.

Kyeong-min Ho is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. Ho has earned a free base 347 times while striking out on 392 tries. His on-base rate is .358 and he also has a career OPS of .744. Over the course of the 4,266 at-bats in his pro career, Ho has hit .293 with 1,251 base hits. He has tallied 659 runs in addition to having earned 530 runs batted in. He has gone deep 47 times, with 1,645 total bases and also a .386 slugging percentage.

In their 13 tries at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 7 times and been caught 6 times (46.2% caught stealing rate). The Doosan Bears have twisted 8 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .974 (7th in Korean baseball). The Bears have racked up 137 assists, 15 errors and have notched a total of 427 putouts so far this season.

The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.422 and have a FIP of 4.74 as a pitching staff for the season. They come in at 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 138. The Doosan pitching staff have surrendered 75 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 3.93 (62 earned runs conceded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.92 (123 strikeouts against 64 bases on balls). They have allowed 9 homers and they relinquish 4.74 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take KT

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