KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/15/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears

Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Ui-ji Yang and the Doosan Bears (49-47, 5th in KBO) play the KT Wiz (53-45, 3rd in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, August 15, 2023.

The Wiz have compiled 164 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 55 balls out of the stadium. KT is slugging .368 and have been called out on strikes 770 times, while getting the free base on 357 occasions. As a team, the KT Wiz are scoring 4.7 runs per outing, which puts them at 3rd in KBO. They have earned 435 RBI's in addition to 934 base knocks on the campaign, and their batting average is at .268. They are sitting with 471 runs while holding a team OBP of .338.

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Sung-Woo Jang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. For his professional baseball career, Jang has drilled 56 balls out of the park while knocking in 584 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .359 in addition to earning 1,939 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to bat 6,183 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,466 times. He has fanned 807 times and has walked on 522 occasions, which has contributed to a .343 OBP. Jang has accrued an average at the plate of .272 for his time in baseball, with 795 scored runs and an OPS of .702.

The KT Wiz have accumulated 2,688 putouts so far this season, in addition to 940 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which ranks 7th in KBO and have a total of 79 double plays. The Wiz have stolen 76 bases and have been caught 10 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 11.6%.

The Wiz have an earned run average of 4.07 for the season (6th in the league), and the staff has struck out 669 batters. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 65 home runs in addition to 442 total runs (5th in KBO). KT has conceded 939 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and also 405 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.36 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.36.

The Doosan Bears have accounted for a team OBP of .331 as well as a batting average of .253 this year. They have been rung up on 652 occasions (7th in the league) and are sitting with 829 base hits. Doosan has 68 HRs for the year to go along with 372 runs batted in. The Bears hold a team slugging percentage of .372 and they average 4.19 runs per contest (9th in baseball). They have 139 two-baggers, while getting a free base 337 times and notching 406 runs.

Ui-ji Yang is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. Yang has drawn a free base 362 times while fanning on 406 tries. His on-base percentage sits at .356 and he has a lifetime OPS of .741. Over the course of the 4,518 at-bats in his professional career, Yang has an average at the plate of .292 with 1,320 hits. He has accrued 683 runs and has 558 RBIs. He has hit a home run 50 times, with 1,738 total bases and a .385 slugging percentage.

The Doosan Bears have turned 74 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in the league). The Bears have racked up 859 assists, 76 errors and have amassed 2,593 putouts this year. Out of their 66 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 36 times and been caught 30 times (45.5% caught stealing rate).

The Doosan pitching staff have surrendered 438 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 4.05 (389 earned runs conceded). They have yielded 59 home runs and they give up 4.56 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Bears have a WHIP of 1.363 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.56 as a unit for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.09 (697 strikeouts against 334 walks). They come in at 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 844.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Doosan

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