KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 6/23/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers

Date: Friday, June 23, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SBS SPORTS

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (28-32, 7th in KBO) will take on the KT Wiz (28-34, 8th in KBO) on Friday, June 23, 2023.

The Wiz have accounted for 100 doubles as a unit and have hit 35 balls out of the stadium. KT has a slugging percentage of .359 and have been called out on strikes 505 times, while taking a walk on 236 occasions. As a squad, the KT Wiz are notching 4.6 runs per game, which ranks them 4th in baseball. They have amassed 273 runs batted in as well as 588 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average comes in at .261. They are sitting with 294 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .333.

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Sung-Woo Jang is a hitter who should impact this game for KT. In his career, Jang has drilled 82 balls over the fence while knocking in 410 runs. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 3,214 times and has come through with a base hit 712 times. Jang has earned a batting average of .254 for his career in baseball, in addition to 287 runs scored and an OPS of .378. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .378 and he has a total of 1,061 bases. He has struck out 597 times and has taken a walk on 325 at-bats, contributing to a .331 on-base percentage.

The Wiz have stolen 47 bases and have been thrown out 6 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 11.3%. The KT Wiz have accounted for 1,725 putouts on the year, as well as 600 assists and 47 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .980 which has them ranked 4th in KBO and have accumulated 52 double plays.

The Wiz have compiled a team ERA of 4.51 for the season (9th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 440 batters. KT has surrendered 629 hits (9.8 per 9 innings) as well as 288 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.23 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.44. Wiz pitchers have allowed 46 home runs in addition to 317 runs in total (2nd in the league).

Kia has 39 home runs so far this season and 252 RBIs. They have put up 82 two-baggers, while walking 218 times and scoring 272 runs. The Kia Tigers are sitting with an on-base percentage of .336 as well as a batting average of .261 on the year. The Tigers hold a slugging percentage of .363 and they earn 4.46 runs per game (6th in baseball). They have struck out on 455 occasions (5th in the league) and have tallied 546 base knocks.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Over the course of the 7,239 official at-bats in his professional career, Choi has an average at the plate of .312 with 2,261 hits. He has gone yard 365 times, with 3,867 total bases and also a .534 slugging percentage. Choi has drawn a free base 1,048 times while going down on strikes on 1,280 occasions. He has accrued 1,192 runs and notched 1,501 runs batted in. His OBP is .402 and he has earned a career OPS of .936.

In their 57 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 46 times and been caught 11 times (19.3% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have twisted 66 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Tigers have 544 assists, 41 errors and have a tally of 1,619 putouts so far this year.

The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.424 in addition to having a FIP of 4.39 as a team so far this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.67 (442 strikeouts vs 265 walks). They come in at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 503. They have surrendered 32 homers and they concede 4.39 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have yielded 263 runs this season while holding an ERA of 3.91 (234 earned runs yielded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia

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